July 5, 2025Jul 5 7 hours ago, WestEddy said: No. It's the cheapest talent available. Eduardo Herrerra had a rough 1st year last season, and this season, he's OPSing .975, and will most probably graduate to the ACL next year. Frank Mieses is a 17-year-old CF OPSing .869. Are you sure, Eddy?
July 5, 2025Jul 5 11 minutes ago, oldsox said: Are you sure, Eddy? Yes. The guys we're talking about were higher bonuses, but if they have a full scouting department working 4+ countries and Puerto Rico, they would be finding multiple guys for tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses that would advance.
July 6, 2025Jul 6 On 7/5/2025 at 7:18 AM, oldsox said: It's tough to get excited. The last few top international signings have not done very well. The latest was Alajandro Cruz. I don't understand the economics here. Has any team just walked away from the International Market, at as far as financing a team in the DSL? Up until very recently the Orioles never did anything of significance in the INTL market.
July 10, 2025Jul 10 Interesting study just published on the 2021 scouting event in the DSL. For the pitchers 93% had some rotator cuff pathology, 76% had Labrador pathology. 82% had UCL abnormalities. 70% had elbow osteophytes, 12% had non-union in the medial epiphyseal plate. 6 % of pitchers had complete tears of the UCL, 24% had partial tears. These kids are really pushing themselves just to get to these scouting events and are coming "pre-injured" to teams signing them.
July 10, 2025Jul 10 Author 11 minutes ago, ptatc said: Interesting study just published on the 2021 scouting event in the DSL. For the pitchers 93% had some rotator cuff pathology, 76% had Labrador pathology. 82% had UCL abnormalities. 70% had elbow osteophytes, 12% had non-union in the medial epiphyseal plate. 6 % of pitchers had complete tears of the UCL, 24% had partial tears. These kids are really pushing themselves just to get to these scouting events and are coming "pre-injured" to teams signing them. I wonder if this is the reason that pitching doesn't seem to come out of the DR at the volume that hitting seems to be. Very interesting either way. Is there a similar US college/High School study?
July 10, 2025Jul 10 27 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: I wonder if this is the reason that pitching doesn't seem to come out of the DR at the volume that hitting seems to be. Very interesting either way. Is there a similar US college/High School study? I haven't seen one on the US combines. US has many more legal issues with reporting medical data.
September 10, 2025Sep 10 Author 14 minutes ago, ChiSoxFanMike said: Anyone know if this is accurate? The 2030 class? As in the international market? If that is accurate this kid would be 11 or 12 years old right now. Seems kind of crazy.
September 11, 2025Sep 11 12 minutes ago, almagest said: This seems pretty big Could be, but it's also so far out that a million things could change between now and then. For all we know, there's an international draft by 2030.
September 11, 2025Sep 11 5 hours ago, Quin said: A signing that will happen in 4 years being reported now is wild to me. A lot of these INTL deals are made when the kids are 12/13 years old.
September 11, 2025Sep 11 $6M for a kid who can’t sign officially until 2030? I find that hard to believe. Did Jerry croak and we just haven’t heard yet?
September 12, 2025Sep 12 19 hours ago, Boopa1219 said: A lot of these INTL deals are made when the kids are 12/13 years old. This was being talked about during todays win against the Rays during the game and on the post game show. Also on the CHGO podcast . Apparently he is 12 years old, 5'7" 140 lbs. Edited September 12, 2025Sep 12 by CaliSoxFanViaSWside
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