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Brian Jud
Lucius Fox, eh?
Phillies_Aces35
If the baseball thing doesn’t work out at least we know he’ll have a successful future in technology.
Shaungbd
The whole system is a joke what If a guy was born here went to USA schools then went to live in Cuba or wherever? Dumb whole system is a joke and needs to be fixed.
roberty
It says he is a native of the Bahamas.
Pete Harnisch
That is crazy. I wonder if other players will start moving out of the country to bypass the draft. Not a bad business strategy for the player.
NoAZPhilsPhan
Only if they are not American (or Canadian). Fox is a Bahamian citizen, yes he went to HS here (not sure yet of the details) but since he moved back to the Bahamas he can be (if MLB agrees by the rules) and was declared a Int’l FA.
Shaungbd
No not at all. Nba players play a year, skip college get paid then get drafted to nba.
BigGameJames
Are you arguing for 18 year olds Americans being allowed to spend 5 years in Cuba being paid dollars a month? Nothing is stopping U.S. kids from signing a player friendly deal in the NPB with opt outs like Otani. You don’t think a NPB team would meet Strasburg’s rookie deal of $15M/4 years. The Rakuten Eagles have given Andruw Jones $7M for his last 2 seasons. The system could be leveraged against itself here too. No one forces baseball players to play in MLB affiliated leagues.
Shaungbd
But Cuban born players don’t have to play in japan to get that deal. Why dhod USA born players have to?
Wooltron
Do Canadians count as international free agents?
Federal League
No. Neither do Puerto Ricans.
CapnCutch
I don’t care how good of a player Lucius Fox is — the Pirates should sign him since he is tight with Batman, er… Bruce Wayne
batman
Shhhhhhhh
BigGameJames
Friedman couldn’t get Moncada to wait until July but switch hitting SS Fox would be a nice fallback.
Draven Moss
Why wouldn’t the Yankees or Red Sox attempt to land Fox? He would be a good pick-up for them. I mean, why stop now if you are either club?
animal_strength
Lucius Fox? He’s gonna be signing with Batman.
batman
You’re darn right he is
Niekro
Matt Harvey approves