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Red Sox Sign Dedgar Jimenez

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | August 10, 2012 at 10:39am CDT

The latest international signings…

  • The Red Sox signed Venezuelan left-hander Dedgar Jimenez, Ben Badler of Baseball America reports. The 16-year-old obtained a bonus of $175K. Jimenez has a "David Wells-type frame" but good pitchability and a fastball in the 88-89 mph range, Badler writes.
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  1. Aaron Somers 2

    13 years ago

    He’s 16 and already is shaped like David Wells? That can’t be good.

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    • AaronAngst

      13 years ago

      You beat me to it. Even David Wells wasn’t shaped like David Wells at 16.

      Reply
    • APNDaveR

      13 years ago

      My thoughts exactly. Does this mean his potential upside is, say, Andre the Giant?

      Reply
      • East Coast Bias

        13 years ago

        Bartolo Colon.

        Reply
  2. CarlEverettsPetDinosaur

    13 years ago

    Hope he has the David Wells mustache to go along with it.

    Reply
  3. Brian_Bixler

    13 years ago

    How can that’s shaped like David Wells only throw 88-89 and still get signed? Don’t those guys have to throw high 90’s? All I can say is that he better have the most controlled fastball in all of Venezuela, or else signing him is a waste?

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    • dc21892

      13 years ago

      He is 16…

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      • Brian_Bixler

        13 years ago

        True that. It still doesn’t sound good to be signing a 16 y/o of that size that’s only gonna get bigger as he matures, unless they put him through some massive conditioning program.

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  4. User 4245925809

    13 years ago

    I am not at all with Boston throwing major $$$ at IFA players. Look over their history.. They have done far better on them with lower bonus guys and high bonus people have been 100% flops.. People trained by buscoes to do nothing but run 50yd dashes and hit BP.

    Hanley Ramirez: 20K
    Felix Doubrant: 200K
    Xander Bogaerts: 510K
    Yamaico Navaro: 10K

    Then there have been huge bonus and so far at least, little gained for the most part:

    Michael Almazar: 1.5m
    Almazar. Raw and can’t make up his mind from 1 season to the next if he wants to improve or not. refuses to correct flaws.

    Oscar Tejada: 525K
    Played 1 decent sesason, years ago to a spot on the 40 man roster and finally DFA’d this year. Now on someone’s roster.. Forget which.

    Engel Beltre: 550K
    Sent to Texas in the Gagne deal. CLASSIC kid who was trained by buscoes to do nothing but what scouts want and a head case to boot.

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    • jacks100

      13 years ago

      So you’re saying at 175K you like the signing…. right?

      Reply
      • User 4245925809

        13 years ago

        Correct 🙂

        Sorry.. left that out.. I prefer the lower dollar signings of the so called, non top 10 signings. Sometimes they work out just as well, sometimes they don’t and as for the note on speed brought up here?

        Boston signed a kid..Frank Montas that was throwing 96-100mph at the age of 17. He is 19 now, still cannot find the K zone and has little to nothing else pitch wise. Just throwing that out there to some of the other posters here with regards to velocity and age. Some youngsters 6’2 and close to 200lbs have the velocity young.

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        • MeowMeow

          13 years ago

          I feel like someone with that build needs a really solid breaking pitch they can throw for strikes in order to succeed

          Reply
  5. Bill G.

    13 years ago

    I accidentally clicked on the David Wells Baseball Reference link instead of the link to the story. It’s pretty funny that Baseball Reference has him listed at 6’3″ and 187 lbs. I don’t ever remember seeing David Wells look like that…Maybe when he was 16.

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  6. Jesse

    13 years ago

    Just saw a picture of the kid. He looks like your classic baby fat 16 year old. Get him really working out and he could be a beast.

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  7. vtadave

    13 years ago

    I wonder if this kid has ever pitched a perfect game half-drunk.

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