June 25, 201214 yr This guy is supposed to be better than Jorge Soler and he is a FA. Check him out, I've seen him a couple of times and I like him: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpT5672AOa8
June 25, 201214 yr This guy is supposed to be better than Jorge Soler and he is a FA. Check him out, I've seen him a couple of times and I like him: http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpT5672AOa8 Why are they showing just clips of him hitting soft ground balls and going way out of the zone and chasing balls? Not a very good declaration of his skills in that video if you ask me. Nice catch at the end though.
June 25, 201214 yr Ok, this is starting to get ridiculous. Not every new player available is better than the last one we didn't sign.
June 25, 201214 yr What the hell? Cespedes was a Stanton with average. Soler was a better cespedes. Puig is better then Soler. When the f*** do we get to see Babe Ruth reincarnated.
June 26, 201214 yr What the hell? Cespedes was a Stanton with average. Soler was a better cespedes. Puig is better then Soler. When the f*** do we get to see Babe Ruth reincarnated. Who was saying Soler was better than Cespedes? Just about everything I saw rated Cespedes higher, but maybe youth played a factor in rating Soler higher. Anyway I just read someone on Baseball America about Puig a couple days ago about how he was supposed to have a workout, but never showed up. Something about him being unable to decide who is going to represent him.
June 26, 201214 yr Actually, I heard it was Soler was a Stanton with a better average, but he was raw. Needed some seasoning. Lesser player to Cespedes.
June 26, 201214 yr Every at bat in that video except 1, he pulled an outside pitch. Granted, the catch was really good, but come on, I could make a highlight video of Chris Coghlan that is more impressive that that. If those are his highlights, I don't want any part of that.
June 30, 201214 yr What a terrible signing. Dodgers were freaking out that there's an international spending cap going into place on Monday, so they threw more cash at Puig than the Cubs did at Soler, or even the A's did at Cespedes. Puig is completely unproven outside of Cuba, and even respected international scouts haven't seen enough of him to really judge how he projects. Even worse, he's been sidelined with recent injuries and supposedly has put on some weight. $42 million over 7 years is a hell of a big gamble for someone who isn't well scouted at this point. Why the Dodgers didn't just give that money to Soler (who scouts have been able to analyze) a month ago is beyond me.
June 30, 201214 yr I would also add that Cuban defectors have been overhyped since Livan and El Duque arrived in the US in the mid-1990s.
July 2, 201214 yr I would also add that Cuban defectors have been overhyped since Livan and El Duque arrived in the US in the mid-1990s. Most international FA's are overhyped. Kosuke Fukudome anyone?
July 2, 201214 yr I would also add that Cuban defectors have been overhyped since Livan and El Duque arrived in the US in the mid-1990s. Most international FA's are overhyped. Kosuke Fukudome anyone? Ichiro anyone?! Oh wait ...
July 2, 201214 yr I would also add that Cuban defectors have been overhyped since Livan and El Duque arrived in the US in the mid-1990s. Most international FA's are overhyped. Kosuke Fukudome anyone? Ichiro anyone?! Oh wait ... Ichiro is an exception to the rule-the vast majority of international FA's are overhyped.
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