2.1 Million dollars for a 16 year old prospect (SF Giants)

[questionmarkgrace]

Well this isn't about the cubs but the Espn Deportes is reporting that the Giants just signed 16 year old dominican Angel Villalona to a 2.1 million dollar signing bonus. I think he's a hitter because they keep comparing him to Adrian Beltre in the story. Apparently this is the seond largest bonus ever given to a dominican prospect. The first being when the Yankees gave Willy Mo Pena 2.3 million. Never knew the yankees had him. If you can read spanish here is the link. I know spanish pretty well I just don't know any baseball terminology. They say that he is 200lbs and is 1.9 meters roughly 6' 2". Has good hands, tremendous ability, etc. But the most interesting this that it says is that the giants didn't have the biggest offer.

 

http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=470745

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Yeah, the rumor was out late last week that the Giants had signed him.

 

He is a hitter, and in fact, plays third base.

[imb]

16, 6'2 200? yamahama

[Mephistopheles]

http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/news/262244.html

 

 

Big V. Anyways some club bid 3 mil for him.

[KaiserCesar]

This is going to be far from perfect, but I think I can translate pretty well.

 

SANTO DOMINGO (AP) - ¿Será Angel Villalona la próxima joya dominicana en las Grandes Ligas?

 

Will Angel Villalona be the next dominican jewel in the big leagues?

 

Los Gigantes de San Francisco le apuestan a un sí tras desembolsar 2,1 millones de dólares por el prospecto de apenas 16 años.

 

The San Fran Giants signed one of only 16 years old for 2.1 million dollars

 

El antesalista recibió el segundo bono más alto en la historia de la República Dominicana, superado sólo por los 2,3 millones que le otorgaran los Yanquis de Nueva York a Wily Mo Peña en 1999.

 

He received the second largest bonus in the history of the Dominican Republica, second to the 2.3 million that the Yanks paid Willy Mo in 99.

 

"Esto significa mucho para mí. Es un sueño hecho realidad", dijo Villalona en una entrevista telefónica con la AP.

 

"It means a lot for me, it's a dream come true", said Villalona in a telephone interview with AP.

 

Villalona mide seis pies y tres pulgadas de estatura (1,92 metros) y pesa 200 libras (90 kilos).

 

Villalona measures 6'3 and weighs 200 pounds

 

De acuerdo al cazatalentos responsable de su firma, su potencial es enorme.

 

According to the scouts responsible for his signing, his potential is enormous.

 

"Este muchacho tiene unas habilidades tremendas, tiene un poder enorme, buenas manos y un brazo por encimo del promedio", dijo Pablo Peguero, jefe de scouts de los Gigantes para América Latina.

 

"This kid has tremendous abilities, he has enormous power, good hands and an arm filled with promise," said Pablo Peguero, chief of scouts of the Giants for Latin America.

 

De hecho, Peguero fue tan lejos como comparar al prospecto con estelares que hoy militan en las Grandes Ligas.

 

In fact, Peguero made comparisons on stars that play in the big leagues today.

 

"Yo firmé a (Adrián) Beltré a los 16 años; a Raúl Mondesí a la misma edad y tuve cerca a Vladimir Guerrero y a Alfonso Soriano y ninguno de ellos tenía las condiciones de Villalona a su edad", afirmó el veterano cazatalentos.

 

"I signed Beltre at 16 years old, Rual Mondesi at the same age and I was close to Vlad and Soriano and none of them had the same conditions of Villalona at his age," affirmed the veteran scout.

 

Villalona expresó que los Gigantes no fueron el equipo que más dinero ofreció, pero el trato que le brindaron lo convenció.

 

Villalona expressed that the Giants weren't the team that offered the most money, but the deal that they offered to him convinced him.

 

Uno de cuatro hermanos de padres divorciados, Villalona proviene de La Romana, al este del país.

 

One of four brothers of divorced parents, Villalona comes from La Romana, in the east of the country

 

Viajaría a Estados Unidos en septiembre, y los Gigantes ya tienen en mente una fecha para su debut en las Grandes Ligas.

 

He will travel to the United States in September, and the Giants will already have a date in mind for his debut in the big leagues

 

"Este muchacho va a ser como Beltré, y en tres años creo que va a estar en las mayores", sostuvo Peguero.

 

This boy is going to be like Beltre, and in three years I believe he is going to be in the big leagues," maintained Peguero.