2009 International signing period

[RED VAN HOT]

The hardest position to fill is also the Reds' greatest organizational need, SS. By hard to fill I mean a player who is both a plus defender and hitter. If the Reds are not lucky enough to have Green fall to them in the draft, I would expect them to go after Sano aggressively.

[OnBaseMachine]

Update from Kiley McDaniel on OF Jose Pena:

The Jose Pena writeup is coming in the next article. The Reds are in play, but Pena was outstanding in the showcase I attended, outplaying Mateo. His price and number of suitors just blew up.

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/ar...articleid=8950

Wagner Mateo is arguably the second or third best player available, so if Pena outplayed him then tells you how talented Pena is.

[aubashbrother]

how awesome would it be to snag Pena and Sano

[dougdirt]

how awesome would it be to snag Pena and Sano

Very. The correct answer is Very.

[OnBaseMachine]

how awesome would it be to snag Pena and Sano

The Pirates are the favorites to land Sano at this point.

[GIDP]

I still cant get over the fact that we are watching the Reds be a franchise for the 1st time in a long time.

[Superdude]

The Pirates are the favorites to land Sano at this point.

Pittsburgh?... really? Surely we can pry him away from Pittsburgh.

[New Fever]

Another Reds update from Kiley McDaniel:


"Also, the Reds are even more on RHP Christopher Cabrera, who they seem to like quite a bit." "He'll be covered in the next article as well."

[OnBaseMachine]

Another Reds update from Kiley McDaniel:


"Also, the Reds are even more on RHP Christopher Cabrera, who they seem to like quite a bit." "He'll be covered in the next article as well."

Interesting. I was hoping the Reds would sign a big time pitcher this year. Hopefully they can work out a deal with Cabrera.

[OnBaseMachine]

Here's some video of Jose Pena taking batting practice. Impressive.

http://vimeo.com/channels/july2nd

[lollipopcurve]

Thanks for that video, OBM. Really like the look of Pena's swing -- better than Mateo's.

[OnBaseMachine]

I'm looking forward to reading the scouting report and watching video of Christopher Cabrera. It sounds like the Reds are in pretty heavy on him.

[aubashbrother]

had to turn the volume down on the computer watching pena swinging

[OnBaseMachine]

I found this on a Mets website:

Top July 2 Prospects:

C Jacob Beltre, Dominican Republic
RHP Cristopher Cabrera, Dominican Republic
LHP Mariosal Cairo, Dominican Republic
OF Amable Capellan, Dominican Republic
LHP Leo Cardoso, Cuba
SS Paul Carlixte, Dominican Republic - IRREGULAR INVESTIGATION, POSSIBLE SUSPENSION
RHP Rafael DePaula, Dominican Republic - www.diariolibre.com/noticias_det ... 186424&l=1 - SUSPENDED
RHP Anderson Encarnacion
OF Leonardo Fuentes, Colombia
SS Russell Herrera, Dominican Republic
OF Luis Jolly, Dominican Republic
OF Wagner Mateo, Dominican Republic - hitting video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdBIFERcKtk
OF Eladio Moronta, Dominican Republic - SUSPENDED
LHP Sung-Bum Na, South Korea - sophomore in college in Korea
LHP Victor Payano, Dominican Republic
OF Eric Peguero (a.k.a. Junior Monteliz), Dominican Republic - IRREGULAR INVESTIGATION, POSSIBLE SUSPENSION
OF Jose Alberto Peña, Dominican Republic
RHP Leonardo Perdomo, Dominican Republic
OF Guillermo Pimental, Dominican Republic
RHP Jurickson Profar, Curacao - former LLWS star
OF Alfredo Ramos, Dominican Republic - IRREGULAR INVESTIGATION, POSSIBLE SUSPENSION
LHP Daniel Sanchez, Venezuela
C Gary Sanchez, Dominican Republic
SS Miguel Angel Sano, Dominican Republic - sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3974952
RHP Amiro Santana, Dominican Republic
LHP Juan Urbina, Venezuela - Ugueth Urbina's son

2010: SS Ramel Flores-García

http://www.nyfuturestars.com/communi...cb90c8e192c2bf

[OnBaseMachine]

The most promising player in the BPBA is 16-year-old, 6’2”, Wagner Mateo OF who leads the four players with strong hitting, power, speed, and defensive tools. The others are shortstop Rosel Herrera and pitchers Victor Payano and Mario Sel Cairo. All four players attended spring training in Florida by invitation this year as a way to evaluate them in the United States.

The director of BPBA shared that the Yankees, Redsox, Giants, Cardinals, Braves, Reds, Indians, Padres, and Cubs have all taken a serious look at Mateo in anticipation of his July 2nd eligibility. Herrera is being considered by the Rockies, Dodgers, Giants, and Redsox.

Another baseball program, Taveras Baseball Academy which was responsible for developing New York Mets Class A second baseman Gregory Veloz, is betting on shortstop Roberto Garcias to get picked up this year.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...ican-prospects