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Cardinals Sign Erick Hurtado

By Steve Adams | February 12, 2012 at 6:40pm CDT

The Cardinals have signed 17-year-old Dominican left-hander Erick Hurtado, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America. Hurtado's signing bonus isn't immediately available.

The 6'3", 200-pound Hurtado's fastball sat in the 86-88mph range last summer as the July 2 free agency deadline approached, but Badler writes that he's recently begun to sit in the high 80s and has even topped out in the 90-91mph range. While he's still raw, Badler explains that Hurtado shows "some feel" for his curveball and has also mixed in a changeup.

The Cardinals have been active in the Dominican Republic in the past few days; they recently finalized a deal with Andres Serrano, another 17-year-old Dominican hurler, though Serrano is right-handed.

 

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  1. James Samons

    14 years ago

    Jaime Garcia, Kyle McClellan, Lance Lynn, Jason Motte, Fernando Salas, Eduardo Sanchez, and Mitchell Boggs would like to disagree with your comment about the Cards not having much recent success developing pitchers, stl_cards16.

    Reply
    • syphercx

      14 years ago

      Luke Gregerson?

      Reply
    • StanleyPujols

      14 years ago

      I was just typing the same thing….Also, Adam Wainwright should be considered a product of the Cardinals organization as well.

      Reply
    • JohnOrpheus

      14 years ago

      Yeah, Cards have been great IMO. They just didn’t have top end pitching talent to work with until recently. Don’t forget they developed Dan Haren. Jaime Garcia was projected as a back end guy and Cards turned him into a #2-#3. Lynn has mid-rotation potential. Not to mention the slew of bullpen arms. I would argue they’re right up there with Tampa Bay in terms of pitcher development, and now that they finally got some talent into the system to develop, things are looking good.

      Reply
    • stl_cards16

      14 years ago

      Garcia is the only one that’s really valuable. The other pitchers have been nothing special. Every organization develops bullpen arms. I don’t think it’s an organizational flaw or anything, there’s just not a great track record of developing starting pitching.

      They have 4 SP in the top 100 right now. Hopefully we start to see some of it translate to the majors.

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      • arknepp

        14 years ago

        Nothing that’s really valuable?  When middle relievers are getting 3 year deals for 4-5 million/year, developing solid to very good relievers is extremely valuable.  Just because it is now commonly known that relievers are not as valuable as starters does not mean that relievers are not valuable. 

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        • stl_cards16

          14 years ago

          I never said relievers aren’t valuable. They aren’t as valuable as starters and you don’t try to develop middle relievers. Generally they are failed starters. Like I said, I don’t think it’s an organizational flaw or anything. The recent talent surge is due to a change in drafting. Hopefully we start to see the success in the majors soon.

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          • arknepp

            14 years ago

            You did say relievers aren’t valuable, by saying Garcia (a starter) was the only Cardinal pitcher developed that was valuable.  Unless you are saying that Lynn, Salas, Motte, and Sanchez are not good relievers, which is false.  Just because you don’t try to develop middle relievers, does not make them bereft of value. 

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            • stl_cards16

              14 years ago

              “Garcia is the only one that’s really valuable.”

              Really is the key word here.  It’s always nice to have solid relievers come through the system.  But that has nothing to do with the lack of quality starting pitching that has come to St. Louis over the last 10 years.  Haren and Garcia…….I guess we could count Wainwright, but then we shouldn’t count Haren.  So 2 quality MLB starters in almost 10 years. 

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              • arknepp

                14 years ago

                “Really”, in the sense you used it, is very ambiguous and saying its the “key word” does not get you out of this bucket of syrup.  You’re other point (of us not developing starters very well) is well taken.

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    • Kingoftherhoads

      14 years ago

      Absolutely agree. Can I throw Chris Perez in the mix?

      Reply
  2. JohnOrpheus

    14 years ago

    Failed to mention here he’s 6’3” 200 pounds. Could be another great signing by the Cards if they project this guy to gain velocity as he matures. The reported gains already are a nice sign. If this guy can get to 92-94 as he fills out, that will be a great from the left side. Look forward to hearing more about him.

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    • CWood21

      14 years ago

       You have to remember that southpaws generally tend to throw a tick or two slower than right handed pitchers, so it’s more like 91-92 rather than 89-90.  So a left hand pitcher with a good frame that could add on a couple more MPH to his FB.  Combine that with a decent feel for some offspeed pitches and he’s looking like a LOOGY at worse.

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  3. Chillin_in_California

    14 years ago

    There is probably like a one in a hundred chance this kid pans out. But once in a while a pedro martinez comes along so I guess why not take a chance for how little money it cost

    Reply
  4. California_RedBirds

    14 years ago

    Loving all of these signings by the Cardinals. This guy could be a stud in the future….or he could be a dud. Regardless, its worth the risk in signing him because the Dominican Republic has a great track record in producing some great players.

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  5. Thomas Wilson

    14 years ago

    I have a feeling that 4-5 years from now Cardinal fans are going to realize that the biggest favor Pujols ever did the city of STL was not saddling them with a 200+ million dollar contract. All of this international money is likely coming from the pool  they had saved to pay APu

    Reply
  6. Empire Exoticz

    14 years ago

    So i guess he might be 19-20 yrs?

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