re: FSBDL Championship: 8th Seed RDR wins Ship

Yoan Moncada

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The younger one is not much of a prospect and the older one would probably be rosterable. Not worth waiting.

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idk about that. If he cant sign til october, that's fine and understandable. But I would think some teams would be on him, if not in the first than definitely the 2nd when the talent thins out.

Scouts compared him to a young Ryan Zimmerman

He's only 22

Age 21 season in Cuban National Series.

207 plate appearances
37 R (13th)
10 HR (3rd)
42 RBI (5th)
332/395/565 (4th in SLG, 9th in OPS)


By comparison, Hector Olivera's age 21 season in the CNS

409 plate appearances
72 runs
6 HR
32 RBI
315/370/412


So you are looking at 200+ PAs on Olivera's side, too

Olivera is 30 y/o and was among the candidates for Papz's top 10 in this year's draft fwiw.



The elder Gurriel

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Last April, Baseball America's Ben Badler ranked Yulieski as the top player in Cuba, saying he "would have similar value to Hanley Ramirez and David Wright in terms of age and offensive performance." Hanley and Wright had down and injury interrupted seasons in 2015, but Badler clearly meant that as a big time compliment last year.

Yulieski will be considered a true free agent able to sign a contract of any size. Hector Olivera signed with the Dodgers at age 30 last season, receiving a six-year contract worth $62.5 million. Olivera came with a long injury history and Gourriel is simply a better player, so he and his agent figure to ask for a larger deal.

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It's pretty widely agreed that it will be some time until they both sign. The younger one can wait til he's 23 later this year to be a FA. The older one has to clear paperwork.

FWIW Badler thinks 7 months.

Is the league on hold from making moves during the draft or anything? If someone makes some drops from their roster in order to make their pick, is the person they dropped fair game to pick up or do we have to wait for some reason? Also can we continue to drop/add other players while the draft is going on?

Edit: also after pick 2-20 is completed - how long does the league need to wait until we can start adding draft eligible prospects that went undrafted?

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If someone makes some drops from their roster in order to make their pick, is the person they dropped fair game to pick up or do we have to wait for some reason?

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no

that player needs to go through waivers once the draft is complete.

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Also can we continue to drop/add other players while the draft is going on?

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now that's a good question. Moratorium on all moves except the draft would be my preference. But I ain't picky.

Players dropped for the purpose of making draft picks are not available until after the draft and will have to go through waivers.

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Players dropped for the purpose of making draft picks are not available until after the draft an

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whats the thought process here ron

yeah, i just read the cubans are a ways away from signing.


wasnt their a japanese pitcher?

LE has a point. Waivers are waivers. It really doesn't matter when it's done. If someone wants to risk their slot to pickup someone before seen everyone that might be available, that's on them.

I say let waivers go as usual. It's no advantage to any team from what I can see.

Ok I thought they were asking for guys to become free agents.