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Taiwanese Signing on the Horizon?
There's apparently rumors going around concerning prep outfielder Che-Hsuan Lin that the
Taiwan Baseball Blog is reporting on. There have been rumblings of which MLB teams are interested for some time now, but the most recent ones have the M's and the Chicago Cubs hot on his trail, with the M's possibly having extended an invite to Peoria.
Lin is probably the top prep player in Taiwan right now, a strong defender with some offensive potential. If you follow the labels on the blog over there, you'll be able to see some of the videos of him in action.
There's no telling right now when he'll sign, if he's signing with us at all. There were some other rumors weeks back that the Red Sox had picked him up, but that never materialized. Nevertheless, it's great that the M's are invovled in the bidding for a top international player again and I'll report back if anything else goes public.
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The Name Game, 2007
I got ahold of some of the media guide sections last night (thanks Jason). Going through the names of newly signed players, I think the 2007 winner of most interesting name is RHP Mayekol Guaipe from Venezuela. Mayekol had a stronger case in being a bit of an unknown. Otherwise, if I had decided to give more credit to the guys who debuted last year, but didn't have their names in the '06 guide, I might've gone with RHP Johalbi Chourio, also from Venezuela, or RHP Nelson Germocen and IF Ameilis Carvajal out of the Dominican.
It wasn't a good crop for names this year, with the other interesting entries including RHP Fello Yan (DR), RHP Angel Raga (VZ) [not quite as cool as Angel Pagan], RHP Jose Perdomo (DR), OF Augusto Marte (DR) [Augusto!], and RHP Miguel Celestino (DR). Of course, we already knew about guys like OF Kalian Sams (Netherlands), IF Rudy van Heydoorn (DR), OF Rey Lebron (DR) and IF Yidio Batista (Colombia) from when the signing period opened.
I also found out that L. Eduardo Garcia and L. Alejandro Garcia, signed out of Venezuela, are indeed twin brothers. I wonder how often throughout the history of the game that there have been twins both playing the game at the pro level, and on the same team no less.
Edit, 5:30ish: Cripes, I remembered the Papelbon kids driving in today and I'm astonished no one tried to call me on that one. They were nearly in the same org too...and yes, according to the guide, catcher Craig Hurba is still in the system, so if news items of interest come up, there is still the possibility of a Hurba Blurb at some point in the season. We won't know for sure until camps break, though.
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Grasping at Straws
As if the posting habits weren't evidence enough, this is what could be termed as a slow time of the year for minor league watchers, probably one of the slowest with winter ball over. Baseball is back in town, and that's news enough, even if your hometown nine are four games in the hole in meaningless exhibition standings. We're cycling through the stories that come with every spring, contract this, prove that, but even knowing the trends as most of us do, there's something refreshing about coming full circle again.
This spring, it's been rather quiet so far on the minor league end. There's been a Tui story, a few mentions of Clement, even a
Feierabend bit in the TNT, but nothing too in-depth just yet. As we get further into the Cactus League season, we'll start to see that change a little more, and maybe even catch a few surprise names in the box scores. Justin Thomas has already seen gametime, but if you haven't caught it already Carlos Triunfel made a brief appearance in one of today's split squad games, and is listed on the
NRI list, along with guys like Jason Mackintosh, Yovanny Olivero (another stunner), and Chris Minaker (
edit: nevermind, missed him pinch-running), who haven't quite made it into games yet. It's interesting to see who emerges in that group, as it's sometimes an indicator of who the club has faith in or wants to take a closer look at.
Aside from that, I'll have my hands on a media guide once they hit stores in a few days, and we can go through the more interesting names among the summer league signees. From the looks of it, there's going to be a lot of turnover down there this season, with some talented international players turning up in the lower levels. I'm mote pumped for the start of this minor league season than I have been for most others in recent memory. There's a good chance of the system gaining a lot of momentum this year.
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