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Post by iakovos11 on Jul 2, 2014 12:07:45 GMT -5
Huh? Anyone have any intel on this guy? I haven't heard his name come up.
And who signs 16-yr-olds from Italy?
Jon Morosi ? @jonmorosi
Red Sox sign 16-year-old Italian pitcher Nicolo Clemente, as first reported by @chepalleblog. Buona notizia per la squadra.
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Post by RedSoxStats on Jul 2, 2014 12:11:23 GMT -5
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 2, 2014 12:13:34 GMT -5
Huh? Anyone have any intel on this guy? I haven't heard his name come up. And who signs 16-yr-olds from Italy? Jon Morosi ? @jonmorosi Red Sox sign 16-year-old Italian pitcher Nicolo Clemente, as first reported by @chepalleblog. Buona notizia per la squadra. Last year Italy's Marten Gasparini was one of the top international signings and is playing rookie ball with the Royals: www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=645282
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Post by pedroelgrande on Jul 2, 2014 12:21:48 GMT -5
So the Red Sox have signed an Italian. Babadabuppi.
Actually of the European countries Italia has been one of the more active with Baseball.
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Post by RedSoxStats on Jul 2, 2014 12:23:58 GMT -5
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Post by grandsalami on Jul 2, 2014 12:36:38 GMT -5
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Post by jimoh on Jul 2, 2014 12:39:21 GMT -5
"has surpassed" (abbia superato) 90 MPG
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Post by Jonathan Singer on Jul 2, 2014 12:44:56 GMT -5
Looks like 2 more signings in RHP Roniel Raudez & P Diosmar Cortez. Both are from Nicaragua and got in excess of 100K.
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Post by philsbosoxfan on Jul 2, 2014 12:47:03 GMT -5
LOL, Love the Google translation:
Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs, Tirrenia, a year and a half ago. Bill Holmberg, the school's director, who is also a pro scout for various deductibles, it has been noticed the class. Not just the physical, if you have not ... dynamite in the arm. And who knows, there is not even a hint of Sabermetrica signaling agent in the European Red Sox, Rene Saggiadi. The Sabermetrica is a science invented by Bill James (from SABR, the American Society of Baseball Research). Of course, the launch speed of Nicholas is already worthy of important stages. He seems to have passed the fateful threshold of 90 miles.
"Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs" is a definite classic.
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Post by iakovos11 on Jul 2, 2014 12:47:17 GMT -5
Are these guys eligible (once all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed on the contracts) to go play in the DSL this summer?
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Post by Jonathan Singer on Jul 2, 2014 12:51:17 GMT -5
Are these guys eligible (once all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed on the contracts) to go play in the DSL this summer? Yes but sometimes these background checks take awhile.
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Post by pedroelgrande on Jul 2, 2014 13:03:38 GMT -5
They go to the a Dominican academy and play in unofficial games organized by teams not in a official DSL games. I'd expect Acosta and Espinoza would go to Instructs.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 2, 2014 13:07:05 GMT -5
LOL, Love the Google translation: Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs, Tirrenia, a year and a half ago. Bill Holmberg, the school's director, who is also a pro scout for various deductibles, it has been noticed the class. Not just the physical, if you have not ... dynamite in the arm. And who knows, there is not even a hint of Sabermetrica signaling agent in the European Red Sox, Rene Saggiadi. The Sabermetrica is a science invented by Bill James (from SABR, the American Society of Baseball Research). Of course, the launch speed of Nicholas is already worthy of important stages. He seems to have passed the fateful threshold of 90 miles. "Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs" is a definite classic. That barely makes more sense than the Italian.
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Post by stevedillard on Jul 2, 2014 13:08:54 GMT -5
Are these guys eligible (once all the i's are dotted and t's are crossed on the contracts) to go play in the DSL this summer? Heck, we can't even get our first high draft picks to play in the GCL weeks after they have signed. Seriously, most contracts kick in next year, and I can't recall a 7/2 signing playing in the DSL that year. I imagine with pitchers they want to get baseline strength tests on the shoulders, and then start them up slowly next year.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 2, 2014 13:09:20 GMT -5
Looks like 2 more signings in RHP Roniel Raudez & P Diosmar Cortez. Both are from Nicaragua and got in excess of 100K. So 5 pitchers and no bats so far.
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Post by grandsalami on Jul 2, 2014 13:09:23 GMT -5
LOL, Love the Google translation: Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs, Tirrenia, a year and a half ago. Bill Holmberg, the school's director, who is also a pro scout for various deductibles, it has been noticed the class. Not just the physical, if you have not ... dynamite in the arm. And who knows, there is not even a hint of Sabermetrica signaling agent in the European Red Sox, Rene Saggiadi. The Sabermetrica is a science invented by Bill James (from SABR, the American Society of Baseball Research). Of course, the launch speed of Nicholas is already worthy of important stages. He seems to have passed the fateful threshold of 90 miles. "Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs" is a definite classic. so his arm is a ticking time bomb?
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Post by stevedillard on Jul 2, 2014 13:11:51 GMT -5
LOL, Love the Google translation: Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs, Tirrenia, a year and a half ago. Bill Holmberg, the school's director, who is also a pro scout for various deductibles, it has been noticed the class. Not just the physical, if you have not ... dynamite in the arm. And who knows, there is not even a hint of Sabermetrica signaling agent in the European Red Sox, Rene Saggiadi. The Sabermetrica is a science invented by Bill James (from SABR, the American Society of Baseball Research). Of course, the launch speed of Nicholas is already worthy of important stages. He seems to have passed the fateful threshold of 90 miles. "Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs" is a definite classic. so his arm is a ticking time bomb? That may be a bit of an untruth. Being an Italian boy, you'd think he'd be aware of the problem with Fibs.
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Post by jimed14 on Jul 2, 2014 13:14:09 GMT -5
Curious what Sabermetric signaling agents are.
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Post by okin15 on Jul 2, 2014 13:28:01 GMT -5
So, if we're over the possible cap already, can we get dollars on the penny for our own cap space? Agree that we need to keep signing more big-money guys to make the overrun worthwhile.
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Post by azblue on Jul 2, 2014 13:34:43 GMT -5
Perhaps one or both of Clemente's parents will accompany him. I would not rule out the Dominican Academy, because most Italian speakers can get by speaking in their language to Spanish speakers and visa versa. The parents would likely not want to turn lose their 16-year-old in a foreign country, even with the required legal guardian.
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Post by badfishnbc on Jul 2, 2014 13:46:14 GMT -5
LOL, Love the Google translation: Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs, Tirrenia, a year and a half ago. Bill Holmberg, the school's director, who is also a pro scout for various deductibles, it has been noticed the class. Not just the physical, if you have not ... dynamite in the arm. And who knows, there is not even a hint of Sabermetrica signaling agent in the European Red Sox, Rene Saggiadi. The Sabermetrica is a science invented by Bill James (from SABR, the American Society of Baseball Research). Of course, the launch speed of Nicholas is already worthy of important stages. He seems to have passed the fateful threshold of 90 miles. "Nicholas is so entered in the Italian Academy of Fibs" is a definite classic. so his arm is a ticking time bomb? It would certainly explain that "fateful threshold."
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Post by taftreign on Jul 2, 2014 14:01:44 GMT -5
Looks like 2 more signings in RHP Roniel Raudez & P Diosmar Cortez. Both are from Nicaragua and got in excess of 100K. So 5 pitchers and no bats so far. The only other players I've read connected to Boston remaining at this point are Venezuelan right hander Junior Espinoza (unknown if he is of a relation to Anderson Espinoza but would not be surprised to see a brother combo sign again) and Dominican SS Elwin Tejada who is the only bat mentioned. Subscription required: www.baseballamerica.com/international/international-forecasts-30-teams/
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 2, 2014 14:05:10 GMT -5
So 5 pitchers and no bats so far. The only other players I've read connected to Boston remaining at this point are Venezuelan right hander Junior Espinoza (unknown if he is of a relation to Anderson Espinoza but would not be surprised to see a brother combo sign again) and Dominican SS Elwin Tejada who is the only bat mentioned. Subscription required: www.baseballamerica.com/international/international-forecasts-30-teams/Here is some video on Tejeda...no word on him signing, though. vimeo.com/82093586
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Post by pedroelgrande on Jul 2, 2014 14:11:10 GMT -5
The Espinoza's are not related.
His agent just confirmed the deal on twitter. $2M total package, 1.8 bonus + 200k scholarship. The bonus is what counts against the cap.
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Post by templeusox on Jul 2, 2014 14:12:52 GMT -5
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