24 or 25? Color me skeptical. When did he defect?
24 or 25? Color me skeptical. When did he defect?
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Also, I'd imagine he won't be signing anywhere near 3.5m..anyone have a ballpark figure?
Jocketty: We don't have a deal.
http://marksheldon.mlblogs.com/archi...lix_perez.html
"We don't have a deal," Jocketty told MLB.com. "We're one of several clubs still talking to him. We're hoping to get it resolved in the next two or three days. He is a kid we've been pursuing for quite a while."
This is from baseball america, in Auguest of 2008.
http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=1615
Perez is a raw teen talent who has spent parts of two seasons in Cuba’s Serie Nacional, batting a light .271. Torres, who represented such big leaguers as Yoslan Herrera, Jose Contreras, Yuniesky Betancourt and most recently Alexei Ramirez, admitted Perez was raw but said he had five-tool talent.
Essentially a super raw Drew Stubbs??
Hugs, smiling, and interactive Twitter accounts, don't mean winning baseball. Until this community understands that we are cursed to relive the madness.
From Jorge Arangure's twitter:
because of his age and defensive ability would not shock me to see him in the majors this year
http://twitter.com/jorgearangure
Might be a guy the Reds would like to pair with Chapman in AAA. Both are from Cuba, and could help each other with homesickness that has a tendency to hit players from far away lands. Just speculation on my part.
If you have a losing record at Reds games, please stop going.
Some more stuff on Perez from Cubanballplayers.com.
Félix Pérez is looking for a second chance
Ex Isla player Félix Pérez earned great reviews when he hit the longest ball anyone has seen a player hit a ball at the Yankees complex. Pérez blasted the first pitch he saw sending the ball over the building in right field.
The next day, he led off with a home run at the Cubs complex
http://www.cubanballplayers.com/?s=Felix+Perez
This seems like an odd case to me. At 24-25 that is awfully old for a prospect, especially one considered raw.
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