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RHP Luis Mateo signed with the Mets today for $150,000. He signed with the Giants 3 years ago for $625,000 but failed a physical, then was suspended for lying about his age. Some of the top names I have noticed thus far are: Cuba: LHP Rigoberto Arrebato, age 25 OF Yeonis Cespedes, age 26 C David Remedios LHP Onelkis Garcia Speck, age 23 OF Jorge Soler, age 19 RHP Deinys Suárez Dominican Republic: RHP Gialy Arias, age 16 SS Raimel Flores, age 16 RHP Manuel Gonzalez RHP Eric Hurtado, age 16 RHP Francis Jesus RHP Jesus Jones OF Helsin Martinez, age 16 - rumors that he signed with the Mariners are false SS Yairo Munoz, age 16 - linked to the Padres, Reds, Yankees OF Franmil Reyes, age 16 RHP Jerry Then South Korea: SS Ju-Suc Ha RHP Sung-Hyuk Han 3B Jih-Yuk Ryu Taiwan: RHP/OF Chih-Yu Lin Venezuela: OF/SS Wilmer Becerra RHP Luis Carreno - age 15, turns 16 on August 12th RHP Junior Flores OF Jesus Gonzalez - linked to the Blue Jays RHP Soid Marquez OF/1B Sanber Pimentel, age 16 LHP Edgar Pineda LHP Carlos Rodriguez RHP Mauricio Silva - turns 16 in late July RHP Kevin Sosa OF Carlos Tocci - Rockies and Phillies Amateurs signed in 2011: Astros: SS Luis Reynoso, Domincan Republic - $700,000 bonus Astros: RHP Harold Arauz, Panama - $300,000 bonus Astros: SS Arturo Michelena, Venezuela - $220,000 bonus A's: C Seong-Min Kim, South Korea - $510,000 bonus Blue Jays: RHP Robert Osuna, Mexico Blue Jays: SS Dawel Lugo, Dominican Republic - $1.3 million bonus Blue Jays: LHP Jairo Labour, Dominican Republic - $400,000 bonus Blue Jays: RHP Manuel Cordova, Venezuela Braves: OF Iosif Bernal, Panama - $230,000 bonus Cardinals: LHP Dewin Perez, Colombia - $450,000 bonus Cardinals: C Jose Godoy, Venezuela - $200,000 bonus Cubs: C Mark Malave, Venezuela - age 16 - $1.6 million bonus Cubs: SS Luis Enrique Acosta, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $1.1 million bonus Cubs: LHP Frank Del Valle, Cuba - age 21 - $800,000 bonus Cubs: OF Yasiel Balaguert, Cuba - age 19 - $400,000 bonus Cubs: 3B Ricardo Marcano, Venezuela, age 16 - $400,000 bonus Cubs: LHP Christian Pieters, Curacao - age 16 - $350,000 bonus Cubs: RHP Carlos Martinez, Cuba - age 20 - $250,000 bonus Cubs: LHP Carlos Rodriguez, Venezuela - age 16 - $120,000 bonus Cubs: RHP Pedro Araujo, Dominican Republic - age 17 - $100,000 bonus Cubs: LHP Franly Figueroa, Dominican Republic - $70,000 bonus Cubs: C Alex Pena, Dominican Republic - age 18 - $25,000 bonus Cubs: LHP Luis Cornelio Montaño, Mexico - age 17 Cubs: OF Eliecer Bonne, Cuba - age 24 Cubs: OF Mayke Reyes, Cubs - age 24 Cubs: SS Rafael Valdes, Cuba - age 27 Cubs: RHP Yoanner Negrin, Cuba Giants: LHP Adalberto Mejia, Dominican Republic - $350,000 bonus Indians: SS Dorssys Paulino, Dominican Republic - $1.1 million bonus Indians: OF Anthony Santander, Venezuela - $385,000 bonus Indians: OF Francisco Miguel, Dominican Republic - $200,000 bonus Mariners: RHP Victor Sanchez, Venezuela - bonus not reported Mariners: OF Gabriel Guerrero, Dominican Republic - $400,000 bonus - Vladimir Guerrero's nephew Mets: C Jose Garcia, Venezuela - unconfirmed bonus, reportedly sandwich-round type money Mets: RHP Luis Mateo, Dominican Republic - $150,000 bonus Padres: C Jose Ruiz, Venezuela - $1.1 million bonus Pirates: OF Harold Ramirez, Colombia - age 16 - $1.1 million bonus Pirates: OF Elvis Escobar, Venezuela - $570,000 bonus Pirates:C Chin-De Chang, Taiwan - $250,000 bonus Pirates: LHP Wei-Chung Wang, Taiwan - failed physical, contract voided but eventually re-signed Rangers: OF Nomar Mazara, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $5 million bonus - biggest amateur bonus ever Rangers: OF Ronald Guzman, Dominican Republic - $3.5 million bonus Rangers: LHP Yohander Mendez, Venezuela - $1.5 million bonus Rangers: OF Eduard Pinto, Venezuela - $300,000 bonus Rays: C Eric Otañez, Dominican Republic - no bonus reported Red Sox: OF Manuel Marcos, Dominican Republic - $800,000 bonus Red Sox: RHP Dioscar Romero, Dominican Republic - age 16 - $600,000 bonus Reds: RHP Jonathan Perez, Venezuela - $825,000 bonus Rockies: RHP Antonio Senzatela, Venezuela - no bonus reported Royals: OF Elier Hernandez, Dominican Republic - $3.05 million bonus Royals: SS Adalberto Mondesi, Dominican Republic - $2 million - Raul Mondesi's son Tigers: 3B Adelin Santana, Dominican Republic - $750,000 bonus Twins: RHP Miguel Gonzalez, Dominican Republic - $650,000 bonus Twins: RHP Felix Jorge, Dominican Republic - $250,000 bonus Twins: RHP Kuo-Hua Lo, Twins Yankees: RHP Juan Carlos Paniagua, Dominican Republic - $1.1 million bonus Yankees: 3B Miguel Andujar, Dominican Republic - $750,000 bonus

He'll start for the Braves tomorrow.

Breaking: Selig expected to announce this afternoon MLB will take over #dodgers financial operations. More soon at latimes.com Bud Selig will appoint a representative to oversee all aspects of the business and the day-to-day operations of the #Dodgers.

Reggie Golden reported to camp overweight:

That is, if there is a 2011 NFL Draft. Here are the underclassmen who have declared so far: OLB Akeem Ayers, UCLA WR Jon Baldwin, Pittsburgh DE Da'Quan Bowers, Clemson CB Brandon Boykin, Georgia WR DeAndre Brown, Southern Miss CB Brandon Burton, Utah DT Jurrell Casey, USC RB John Clay, Wisconsin OT Nick Claytor, Georgia Tech WR/RB Randall Cobb, Kentucky DT Marcel Dareus, Alabama WR Tandon Doss, Indiana RB Darren Evans, Virginia Tech DT Nick Fairley, Auburn QB Blaine Gabbert, Missouri WR AJ Green, Georgia WR Tori Gurley, South Carolina (soph) DT Lawrence Guy, Arizona State CB Brandon Harris, Miami (FL) S Will Hill, Florida OLB Justin Houston, Georgia FB Henry Hynoski, Pittsburgh RB Mark Ingram, Alabama WR Julio Jones, Alabama RB Dion Lewis, Pittsburgh (sophomore) DT Corey Luigett, Illinois RB Mikel Leshoure, Illinois QB Ryan Mallett, Arkansas S Rahim Moore, UCLA QB Cam Newton, Auburn CB Patrick Peterson, LSU DT Jerrell Powe, Ole Miss RB Jacquizz Rodgers, Oregon State TE Kyle Rudolph, Notre Dame S Robert Sands, West Virginia S Tyler Sash, Iowa DT Sealver Siliga, Utah DE Aldon Smith, Missouri (soph) WR Torey Smith, Maryland OT Tyron Smith, USC RB Jordan Todman, Connecticut RB Shane Vareen, California DE JJ Watt, Wisconsin CB Aaron Williams, Texas RB Ryan Williams, Virginia Tech (soph) DT Muhammad Wilkerson, Temple MLB Martez Wilson, Illinois Returning Players: WR Justin Blackmon, Oklahoma State (soph) WR Ryan Broyles, Oklahoma OLB Nigel Bradham, Florida State WR Michael Floyd, Notre Dame RB LaMichael James, Oregon CB Janoris Jenkins, Florida OLB Travis Lewis, Oklahoma QB Andrew Luck, Stanford WR Marvin McNutt, Iowa CB Chase Minnifield, Virginia WR DeVier Posey, Ohio State S Kenny Tate, Maryland

Not surprising but no I-Cubs.

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2010/09/rosenthal-on-towers.html We'll see how good Rosenthal's source really is; I had gotten the impression this wasn't going to happen for a few more years. I can't imagine the Cubs will be involved, especially since they view Fukudome as a high-priced disappointment.

Welington Castillo and Sam Fuld return to Iowa. http://mobile.chicagotribune.com/wap/news/text.jsp?sid=289&nid=19597363&cid=16282&scid=772&ith=1&title=Chicago+Tribune+Headlines+

Per Tennessee's Twitter (and Tranny Tiger); figured the news deserved its own thread. RHP Chris Carpenter to Iowa. RHP Trey McNutt to Tennessee. RHP Nick Struck to Daytona. LHP Austin Kirk to Peoria.

Partial AFL rosters are out. The Cubs will send OF Brett Jackson, 3B Josh Vitters and RHP Chris Archer.

From my Baseball Prospectus newsletter:

It's supposed to be implemented immediately.

Thanks to CubsinNC for posting first about it: Looking at Peoria's roster, it appears Manolin De Leon has taken the vacated roster spot.

http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/draft/draft-dish/2010/2610197.html Amongst the best drafts of the decade (they weren't ranked): And the worst in the decade: BA also rated every team's drafts through the decade. The Red Sox were the best and the Mariners were the worst. The Cubs tied for the 24th best draft of the decade: http://www.baseballamerica.com/online/draft/draft-dish/2010/2610196.html

http://peoria.chiefs.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100608&content_id=10939948&vkey=news_t443&fext=.jsp&sid=t443 IF Matt Cerda SS Hak-Ju Lee - starter IF Logan Watkins RHP Trey McNutt LHP James Leverton

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1.16 Hayden Simpson, RHP, Southern Arkansas - $1.06m bonus (Video) 2.65 Reggie Golden, CF, Wetumpka HS (AL) - $720,000 bonus ( ) 3.97 Micah Gibbs, C, Louisiana St - $350,000 bonus 4.130 Hunter Ackerman, LHP, Louisburg College (NC) - $216,000 bonus 5.160 Matthew Szczur, OF, Villanova - $100,000 bonus (additional $500,000 bonus if he declines to attend the NFL combine and makes a written commitment to baseball before Feb. 10, 2011) 6.190 Ivan De Jesus, CF, Cuperyville School (PR) 7.220 Benjamin Wells, RHP, Bryant HS (AR) - $530,000 bonus 8.250 Cameron Greathouse, LHP, Gulf Coast CC (FL) (Video (You may want to mute it)) - $125,000 bonus 9.280 Kevin Rhoderick, RHP, Oregon State - $110,000 bonus 10.310 Aaron Kurcz, RHP, JC of Southern Nevada ( , ) - $125,000 bonus 11.340 Eric Jokisch, LHP, Northwestern - $125,000 bonus 12.370 Austin Reed, RHP, Rancho Cucamonga (CA) HS - $150,000 bonus 13.400 Pierre LePage, 2B, Connecticut ( ) 14.430 Colin Richardson, RHP, Winter Haven (FL) HS - $100,000 bonus 15.460 Elliot Soto, SS, Creighton 16.490 Ryan Hartman, RHP, Mount Zion (IL) HS - $125,000 bonus 17.520 Steven Brooks, OF, Wake Forest 18.550 Brooks Pinckard, RHP, Baylor 19.580 Dustin Fitzgerald, RHP, Hill (TX) JC - $110,000 bonus ( ) 20.610 Ryan Cuneo, 1B, Delaware 21.640 Cody Cox, RHP, Grassfield HS, Chesapeake (VA) 22.670 Jeff Vigurs, C, Bryant (R.I.) 23.700 Matt Loosen, RHP, Jacksonville 24.730 Dustin Geiger, OF, Merritt Island (FL) HS - $150,000 bonus 25.760 Eric Rice, RHP, Palm Beach (FL) CC 26.790 Danny Muno, SS, Fresno State 27.820 Bryan Harper, LHP, JC of Southern Nevada 28.850 Joe Zeller, RHP, The Master's (CA) 29.880 Casey Harman, LHP, Clemson - $150,000 bonus 30.910 Karsten Strieby, 1B, Arizona Western JC 31.940 Benito Santiago, 1B, Lon Morris 32.970 Brent Ebinger, LHP, Lambuth (Tenn.) ( )33.1000 Matt Stites, RHP, Jefferson CC 34.1030 Dustin Harrington, 3B, East Carolina 35.1060 Chris Anderson, RHP, Centennial HS 36.1090 Tyler Bremer, RHP, Yavapai (AZ) JC 37.1120 Chad Noble, C, Northwestern 38.1150 Jeremy Fitzgerald, RHP, Patrick Henry (VA) CC 39.1180 Casey Lucchese, RHP, Dunbar 40.1210 Brian Smith, LHP, St. Mary's Catholic SS (ON) - $75,000 bonus 41.1240 Dallas Beeler, RHP, Oral Roberts - $150,000 bonus 42.1270 Trey Nielsen, RHP, Skyline (UT) HS 43.1300 Danny Winkler, RHP, Parkland JC 44.1330 Jake Rogers, 1B, St. Petersburg JC 45.1360 Devon Austin, C, Coeur d'Alene (ID) HS 46.1390 Jerad Eickhoff, RHP, Olney Central (IL) JC 47.1420 Clayton Crum, RHP, Klein (TX) HS 48.1450 Eric Paulson, 3B, Fremd (IL) HS 49.1480 Bryce Shafer, RHP, Valparaiso 50.1510 Eric Jagielo, SS, Downers Grove North (IL) HS Undrafted Free Agents IF Anthony Giansanti, Siena (Siena Profile) IF Jake McAloose, Old Dominion (Old Dominion Profile) IF Doug Cherry, University of Washington (Washington Profile)

Box Scores Iowa PPD Tennessee won 8-7 in the 11th Box Score CF T. Campana 1/6, R, K, PO (1B) 3B M. Smith 2/5, BB, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2B (2), HR (3) LF T. Wright 4/6, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B (17) 1B M. Spencer 1/5, R, 3 RBI, HR (6), K RF B. Guyer 1/5, RBI, 2B (6) SS M. Gonzalez 1/5, 2B (2) 2B T. Thomas 0/4 SP C. Muschko 4.2 IP, 8 H, 5 ER, 3/1 K/BB, 4-7 GO-FO RP A. Maestri 2.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1/2 K/BB, 4-1 GO-FO RP J. Muyco 2 scoreless, 2 H, 0/2 K/BB, 4-2 GO-FO RP D. Sasser 1 scoreless, 1 H, 2/1 K/BB, 0-1 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 scoreless, 2 H, 2-1 GO-FO Daytona lost 4-1 Box Score CF B. Jackson 0/4, K 3B DJ LeMahieu 2/4 SS R. Flaherty 0/4, R, K DH R. Ridling 2/4, 2B (9), K RF K. Burke 0/4 1B J. Opitz 0/3, BB, K SP R. Dolis 5 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 3/1 K/BB, WP, 9-2 GO-FO RP C. Siegfried 2 scoreless, 1 H, 2-2 GO-FO RP D. Patton 2 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, WP, 3-2 GO-FO Peoria won 11-3 Box Score SS L. Watkins 2/5, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, K 2B M. Cerda 2/6, R 1B G. Rohan 1/5, BB, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 K LF DJ Fitzgerald 3/5, BB, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B (4), HR (2) RF JH Ha 3/5, RBI, K DH N. Perez 0/5, 3 K C J. Mota 1/5, R, 2 K 3B C. Thomas 4/5, 2 R, 2 RBI, HR (3) SP J. Antigua 5 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 6/3 K/BB, HR, WP, 5-4 GO-FO RP Y. Gonzalez 2 scoreless, 2 H, 2/0 K/BB, 2-2 GO-FO RP J. Leverton 1 scoreless, 0 H, 1/1 K/BB, 2-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 7-4 Box Score DSL Cubs 2 lost 8-2 Box Score OVERALL: 3-2

Box Scores Iowa won 3-2 Box Score CF J. Adduci 1/4, HR (1), RBI, 2 K SS D. Barney 1/4, K, CS (3) 3B C. Tracy 1/4, R 1B M. Hoffpauir 3/4, R, 2B (9), HR (6), RBI RF B. Snyder 1/3, RBI, BB SP J. Jackson 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 6-8 GO-FO; hitting: 0/2, K RP J. Samardzija 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 K, 3-3 GO-FO RP B. Schlitter 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO Tennessee won 3-0 Box Score CF T. Campana 0/5, K 3B M. Smith 1/2, R, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 BB LF T. Wright 1/4 1B B. Lalli 1/4, 2B (10) DH R. Canzler 2/4, 2B (8) RF B. Guyer 0/3, BB, CS (1) SP A. Bibens-Dirkx 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 4 K, 5-12 GO-FO RP D. Cales 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 1-1 GO-FO Daytona lost 4-1 Box Score CF B. Jackson 0/3, BB, 2 K 2B DJ LeMahieu 2/4, 3B R. Flaherty 1/4, R, 2B (11), K, E (4, fielding) 1B R. Ridling 2/4, 2B (8), RBI, K RF K. Burke 1/3, BB SP DE RHee 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 5-7 GO-FO RP J. Beliveau 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 2-1 GO-FO Peoria lost 6-5 in the 10th Box Score SS HJ Lee 2/6, 2 RBI, K 2B L. Watkins 2/4, R, 2 BB, K, SB (7) 1B J. Bour 3/5, RBI, K 3B M. Cerda 1/5, R, K RF JH Ha 2/4, R, outfield assist at third base C M. Mercedes 2/5, 2 R, 2B (3), RBI, K CF F. Guzman 2/5, 3B (1), RBI, K SP R. Searle 5.1 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, HBP, HR, 6-6 GO-FO RP SM Jung 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, HR, 3-3 GO-FO RP R. Morla 0.1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GO-FO DSL Cubs 1 won 2-1 Box Score DSL Cubs lost 14-8 Box Score

Box Scores Iowa lost 8-0 Box Score CF S. Fuld 0/3, HBP, SB (7) SS D. Barney 0/4, K 3B C. Tracy 2/4, E (3, throw) LF J. Dubois 0/3, 3 K C W. Castillo 0/3, 2 K RF J. Adduci 1/3, K SP M. Atkins 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 8 K, 4-3 GO-FO; batting: 0/2 RP J. Gaub 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 1-0 GO-FO RP S. Maine 0.1 IP, 1 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 1-0 GO-FO RP B. Parker 0.2 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 1 HR, 0-1 GO-FO Tennessee lost 10-1 Box Score CF T. Campana 1/3, R, BB, SB (15) LF T. Wright 1/4 DH M. Spencer 1/3, BB, K RF B. Guyer 3/4, 2B (5), K 3B J. Vitters 0/0, E (6, fielding) - left game with thumb injury PH-3B M. Smith 0/4, K 2B N. Samson 1/3, BB, K, CS (2) SP A. Cabrera 4 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 BB, 6 K, WP, 2-4 GO-FO RP J. Papelbon 2 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 0-2 GO-FO Daytona with the day off. Peoria PPD: Rain DSL Cubs 1 PPD: Rain DSL Cubs 2 won 5-4 in 10 innings Box Score SS M. Hernandez 1/4, RBI, BB, K, CS (1) RF-CF D. Arcila 0/5, RBI, K, outfield assist at second base 3B J. Altagracia 0/5, 4 K C B. Inoa 2/3, R, BB - MiLB.com changed his name from Brain to Brian :( D. Figueroa 2/4, R, RBI SP S. Peralta 4 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP, WP, 5-2 GO-FO RP G. Abreu 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 K, WP, 3-1 GO-FO OVERALL: 1-2

BA's 2010 Hot Sheet debuted today. Andrew Cashner made the cut: April 16, 2010:

Cleveland Cavaliers vs Chicago Bulls Game 1: Saturday 4/17, 2:30pm on ABC

The Venezuelan Parallel League is a "minor league" winter league for the VWL. The rosters: Caribes: 3B George Matheus RHP Carlos Rojas La Guaira: RHP Edilmar Infante Leones: SS Marwin Gonzalez Magallanes: C Carlos Romero RHP Robert Hernandez RHP Larry Suarez Zulia: OF Kevin Soto Their season started on October 16.

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