Cards void Wagner Mateos Contract

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Cards Void Wagner Mateo's Contract

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [september 22 at 2:43pm CST]

The Cardinals voided the contract of top prospect Wagner Mateo, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The 16-year-old Dominican signed a $3.1MM deal with the Cards in July, but failed to meet the club's physical standards. The team discovered "pre-existing injuries and physical defects" and voided the deal.

 

Mateo's representatives say the outfielder has 20/30 vision in his right eye, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America. However, they say Mateo doesn't have a degenerative eye condition or nerve damage.

 

As I recall, it was a pretty big deal when they signed him.

[The Logan]

His vision can't be the reason they voided it. Can't lasik or simply contact lenses fix that crap? It had to have been something bigger than that

[Outshined_One]

Being discussed here.