Giants sign pitcher Manuel Barrios to six-figure deal
Per Baggz:
Barrios is 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds. He’s significant not only because of his arm, but because of where the Giants found him.
"The Braves and Yankees used to own Panama, but these are areas we’re aggressively looking for players," Barr said. "We signed two Colombian kids recently. e’re loking in Guatemala. We’re looking on the Pacific Rim. We’ll go anywhere to find talent."
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we're also looking at two cuban defects
Barr also said the Giants have looked at LHP Noel Arguelles and 2B/SS Jose Iglesias, two teenagers who defected from Cuba while playing in an international tournament in Edmonton last year. They’ve just been certified by MLB to sign.
If you want to look at Cubans check out the fine ladies in SoBe LHP Chapman. Yeah he will cost you some money but he is young and kinda good too
What's the record of recent defectors?
The Hernandez brothers and Contreras have been good, but mixed with a bunch of flameouts. I think they get a ZOMG, CUBA! markup.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Alexi Ramirez
Dayan Viciedo
The Cubans normally do not let the best players go to international tourneys just for this reason.
Maybe you're right.
It just have the impression that Cuban defectors get paid large more than they tend to be worth as a group, and the most hyped imports almost universally flop (relative to expectations, at least).
I have the same impression of Japanese imports as well. As a group, their success rate doesn’t seem to justify the amount of money spent on them.
VAE PVTO DEVS FIO
Osvaldo!!
"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."
Cuban defects… imperfectly made cigars?
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
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I’m sure I’m not the only one who read his name as “Emmanuel Burriss”.
Adoptive parent of Noah Lowry.
:-(
Nope. Not alone on that.
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by Giant among Angels on Jul 2, 2009 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions
Frandsen’s plan is working! He changed his name to Manuel Barrios so the Giants might let him play!
by Uribe nee Gonzalez on Jul 2, 2009 7:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Not sure if this was mentioned elsewhere
Baggs writes that the Giants have also signed 4th-round pick Jason Stoffel.
It never occurred to me that one man could play with the faith of 50 million.
I have Lindy’s preseason baseball mag and they had Stoffel as the eighth best college prospect in the country and Chris Dominguez was 13th. Both had bad years which caused their stock to drop. The Giants’ might have gotten a couple of steals here. Stoffel is a closer with a high nineties heater.
Proud new dad of Edgardo errr Edgar Renteria!!!
Dominguez had a bad year?
he hit .345/.441/.698, was the Big East player of the year and was a first team All American according to Baseball America. That hardly seems like a bad year. To have him ranked as the 13th best college prospect in America in the preseason was absurd, but he certainly didn’t fall because of his performance this year.
by FluLikeSymptoms on Jul 3, 2009 3:03 PM PDT up reply actions
from espns Jorge Arangure
#Giants want Colombian OF Leonardo Fuentes so badly, they had Edgar Renteria give a call to the player’s representative.
Can you link this article please.
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Wronghanded Affeldt pitches right
by Giant among Angels on Jul 2, 2009 7:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Thank you Edgardo Alfonzo (per Baggs)
He chose the Giants because their area scout, Ciro Villalobos, treated him fairly. And because a certain former Giant provided a positive reference. Edgardo Alfonzo was a $26 million free-agent bust with the Giants, but it turns out he made one pretty big contribution. His Magallanes team in the Venezuelan Winter League would practice against its younger affiliates, and Sandoval was on one of those teams.
“He told me the Giants are the best and they treat you good,” Sandoval said. “That’s why I wanted to sign with them.”
I was just about to post this
http://www.mercurynews.com/sportsheadlines/ci_12744993?nclick_check=1
The article also mentions that Barrios is a righty
Suddenly the Edgardo contract doesn’t seem so bad.
Merkin Valdez? Manuel Mateo? A rose by any other name...
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Are we down for the Barrios?
Supporting San Francisco Dugout since 2005 and Manny Burriss since 2006, and bringing you all your California League needs since 2009.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jul 2, 2009 9:53 PM PDT reply actions
Marvin?
Fred Lewis can stand under my umbrella.
31 May 2007, 21:38 EST - the last time Matteh's career W-L wasn't below .500
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I'll be stoked if they get Fuentes too
these guys are so young, seems like you might actually get more return on a couple of second tier guys as opposed to one super-expensive guy.
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
We should go after Aroldis Chapman
When he shows up in civilization again. God knows where he is now.
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