Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
If you recall, the Reds are expected to sign 19-year-old Cuban SS Michel Triana for about $1.3 million
http://www.redszone.com/forums/showt...uban-infielder
Last edited by Tom Servo; 05-08-2019 at 05:23 PM.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
Maybe it's because I have gotten old but most of those guys look 13 years old.
This may be a 2018/2019.... but we signed another Netherlands kid
Arij Fransen
Born: 5/20/2001 in Deventer, Netherlands
Bud Selig: "I'm the worst commissioner ever"
Rob Manfred: "Hold my beer"
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Gallen5862 (05-30-2019)
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
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Baseball America says the Reds are linked to "Dominican shortstop Brailin Minier and Cuban infielder Michel Triana". (We already now about Triana). They note we are also linked to "Dominican outfielder Deivi Alcantara and Dominican shortstop Adrian Castro:.
Video of Castro available here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BzYWTbQAPGo/
Not finding much of anything else about the other guys, just that Alcantara hit pretty well at the Paulino Baseball Academy and there's some video here. It's probably spelling related but the only two results on the internet for Brailin Minier are the Baseball America article mentioning him and a blank Facebook page. And probably this thread sone.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
RED VAN HOT (07-02-2019)
The quickest way to rebuild the farm system would be for the Reds to cheat their pants off in the International Free Agent market like the Braves did a few years ago.
Alabama (07-02-2019)
Wow, didn’t realize this. That sucks...
Also Fangraphs ranks Triana #33 amongst international prospects in this class, but interestingly calls him a 1B.The Yankees did exactly this with Cuban SS Alexander Vargas last year. Vargas was set to sign with Cincinnati for $3 million next week, but the Yankees traded for enough pool space to lure him away with a $2.5 million deal last summer.
Last edited by Benihana; 07-02-2019 at 08:34 AM.
Go BLUE!!!
Jesse Sanchez
@JesseSanchezMLB
The @reds have been busy on the first day of the international signing period. Meet Michel Triana, Braylin Minier and Deivid Alcantara.
@MLBPipeline
Jesse Sanchez
@JesseSanchezMLB
Shortstop Braylin Minier makes it official with the @reds for $1.8 million.
@MLBPipeline
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I still can't find anything about Braylin Minier on the internet, but congrats to him on his $1.8 mill. Maybe the Reds found a gem in the most remote part of the DR, who knows.
“I don’t care,” Votto said of passing his friend and former teammate. “He’s in the past. Bye-bye, Jay.”
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