His swing makes me think Vlad.

 

I see more Miguel Tejada in it. But I can see Vlad too.

 

He's definitely a big boy though for sure.

I don't get it. Sure he has size, but it isn't as if he looks horribly fat. Of course for being 19 he's huge but just make sure he's on the proper conditioning program and that size could be an asset.

Supposedly he has gained a lot of weight in recent years, and 19 year olds tend to fill out even more. I'm sure the Sox weighed him and when the scale said "ouch" they told him to drop some weight.

Supposedly he has gained a lot of weight in recent years, and 19 year olds tend to fill out even more. I'm sure the Sox weighed him and when the scale said "ouch" they told him to drop some weight.

One of the other threads today includes a press conference note of the Sox telling him to drop 10 lbs.

They got the kid a hat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1fJzSEl9eQ...757&page=27

Alexei looks really nice in a suit.

We are in America now. We became civilized. No more shorts, t-shirts and shoes with holes.

We are in America now. We became civilized. No more shorts, t-shirts and shoes with holes.

 

LOL, I do enjoy.

 

I think.

Meh I wear a suit to work everyday. It's overrated. I wish they'd let me wear t-shirts, shorts, and shoes with holes in them.

Meh I wear a suit to work everyday. It's overrated. I wish they'd let me wear t-shirts, shorts, and shoes with holes in them.

Well, you are free to get whatever job you want here.

Well, you are free to get whatever job you want here.

I prefer ones that pay me as much as I make now or more

Then I guess you'll have to wear what they tell you to.

lol. Yes, thanks, I would have gotten fired had you not told me that. Excellent insight

Edited December 6, 200817 yr by lostfan

 

I don't see how you can complain when you have a choice. In cuba there is no choice. 'Ju wanna be like a sheep, like all those other people mang, baa-aa-aa! baa-aaa-aaa! ju wanna work eight, ten f***ing hours, ju own nothing, ju got nothing? ju wanna chivato on every corner... ? I got octopus coming out my f***ing ears, mang. ju wanna be a sheep? baa-aa-aa-aa! baa-aa-aa-aa!'

Edited December 6, 200817 yr by MAX

I'm not complaining about anything. I just wish I could wear shorts, a t-shirt, and shoes with holes in them to the job I have now. I don't have that choice but it would be pretty awesome.

My comment was just a sarcasm. I do enjoy wearing t-shirts, shorts but do not enjoy wearing shoes with holes. Probably, Alexei was doing some type of event requiring to wear a suit.

I wrote something about Viciedo here. I translated some of the Spanish interview. His stats are also there in case somebody has not seen the stats before.

 

http://cubanballplayers.blogspot.com/

I wrote something about Viciedo here. I translated some of the Spanish interview. His stats are also there in case somebody has not seen the stats before.

 

http://cubanballplayers.blogspot.com/

 

He looks like he might have put on a 20 pounds from his workout to clips they were showing of him playing in Cuba (or whereever that was), but he doesn't look that fat. He looks like just a massive dude. He looks 19 like Greg Oden looked 19.

From Cowley:

 

Dayan Viciedo has received his visa and will be heading to Chicago this week, according to agent Jamie Torres.

 

He doesn't look that overweight in that video, I was positively surprised as I was expecting worse.

He looks to be in pretty good shape. He seems like a big guy (not fat) for a third baseman. He doesn't strike me as someone who would be quick. I think we are gonna love this guy where ever he ends up playing for the Sox.

Hopefully he's better than Carlos Lee defensively, at either 3B or LF/RF.

 

He certainly has better arm strength than Caballo at least.

If I'm reading those stats right, Viciedo has a career BB/K ratio of 98/123. These are from professional seasons, at the age of 16, 17, and 18. Impressive -- if he can maintain that sort of strike zone selection, and hit for power, he'll be something special.

From Cowley:

 

Dayan Viciedo has received his visa and will be heading to Chicago this week, according to agent Jamie Torres.

 

He doesn't look that overweight in that video, I was positively surprised as I was expecting worse.

 

Viciedo is coming this Wednesday to complete his physical on Thurday and Friday.

 

Use Google translator:

 

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story...&type=story

He looks like he might have put on a 20 pounds from his workout to clips they were showing of him playing in Cuba (or whereever that was), but he doesn't look that fat. He looks like just a massive dude. He looks 19 like Greg Oden looked 19.

 

Guys,

 

In Cuba, I did not have candies. In Cuba, I did not have good bread nor pastries. In Cuba, eating lobsters, crabs, shrimps is almost impossible. In Cuba, you do not eat beef steak often. Those are for tourists. In Cuba, I did not have ice creams any time I wanted it. In Cuba, I could not eat many things you have here. When we come to the states or other country, we eat things we have not eaten before or have not eaten in a while. Therefore, Viciedo just discovered lots of food he never seen before. Mexican, lebanese, moroccan, american, italian, peruvian, etc. I will be concern if after a few months, Viciedo keeps gaining weight.

 

Enjoy what you have in USA. For those that burn your own flag expressing your freedoms and rights, I advise you to live in Cuba where we have little freedoms and rights. Even with the current Cuba situation, I will never burn my cuban flag.

Edited December 9, 200817 yr by Cubano

Guys,

 

In Cuba, I did not have candies. In Cuba, I did not have good bread nor pastries. In Cuba, eating lobsters, crabs, shrimps is almost impossible. In Cuba, you do not eat beef steak often. Those are for tourists. In Cuba, I did not have ice creams any time I wanted it. In Cuba, I could not eat many things you have here. When we come to the states or other country, we eat things we have not eaten before or have not eaten in a while. Therefore, Viciedo just discovered lots of food he never seen before. Mexican, lebanese, moroccan, american, italian, peruvian, etc. I will be concern if after a few months, Viciedo keeps gaining weight.

 

Enjoy what you have in USA. For those that burn your own flag expressing your freedoms and rights, I advise you to live in Cuba where we have little freedoms and rights. Even with the current Cuba situation, I will never burn my cuban flag.

 

Tell that to Alexei!

 

But I understand completely where you are coming from as my parents came from ex-soviet communist country, and tell me similar stories.

I hope Jamie Torres is for real on this guy.

 

Jaime Torres, the agent for White Sox third-base prospect Dayan Viciedo, as well as Alexei Ramirez and Jose Contreras, learned Monday the paperwork for Viciedo's visa is finished, and he should have the 19-year-old Cuban defector in Chicago by the end of this week to sign his contract. Torres again insisted that if Viciedo does not make the club out of spring training, expect a call-up before the All-Star Game because ''this kid is something special.''

Yeah, he doesn't look overweight in that video at all, he just looks HUGE, and like he wants to mash some baseballs. \m/