Padres Sign Franmil Reyes For $700,000



The Padres signed Dominican outfielder Franmil Reyes for $700,000, the Dominican Prospect League announced today.

Reyes, 16, is a 6-foot-4, 190-pound corner outfielder from Palenque who stood out for his size and raw power. Reyes also played in the Under-Armour All-America game at Wrigley Field in August, going 2-for-4 in the game. Baseball America subscribers can access Reyes' complete scouting report from prior to July 2, as well as reports on other top international prospects who became eligible to sign this summer.

Reyes' trainer, Basilio Vizcaino (known in the Dominican Republic as Cachaza), is also the trainer who had Padres shortstop Jorge Guzman. The Padres signed Guzman for $1 million in 2008 believing he was 16-year-old Alvaro Aristy, when in reality he had been lying about his age and identity by nearly two and a half years.



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Let's see… same trainer that burned them for 1 million on Jorge Guzman has this kid who is worth 700K.
This "16" year old is worth 700K or 70% of 1 million. What is 70% of the .137 avg Guzman had in the Dominican Summer League?  That's about  .095…  I am course am being facetious but there are reasons that teams like the Padres lose.  Hey Padres I am 12 but I completely owned the 13 year old league I played in last year.  As a matter of fact I never made an out last season and never gave up a hit as a pitcher.  Disregard the body hair and the fact that I drive myself to the games, I am just very mature for my age. I am already 6'4" 250 imagine how I will look when I am 21.  I am willing to give you a one time shot to sign me for 10,000 and a case of really good beer. This opportunity will expire fast so act now.

His real name is Chico Escuela, and his real age is 37 and 7/8th…but the Padres have been bery, bery good to him.

can we stop signing these players from the dominican?
there is a 50% chance that the player is either juiced up or lying about his identity
and even after the 50% cutoff, there is another 50% chance that he is even actually thinking about playing in the majors and not just trying to get quick cash.
so even BEFORE we analyze his skill level, theres a 75% chance that the player is a fraud.
why the padres claim that they have no money to sign players but continue to throw out money in the dominican is beyond me…i guess they're hoping they're gonna run into the next Albert Pujols.  WAIT I FORGOT Pujols actually immigrated and played high school and college ball before a team took a chance on him in the 13th freaking round.
as a padres fan, it is evident as to why the padres are so consistently bad.
get rid of that dumb academy in the dominican, it's just basically a charity to help out kids there since it's obvious that nothing has come out of it so far and nothing will come out of it in the future.
just man up and draft a big name player in the first-year draft instead of trying to cut corners and hope you run into someone great…(that will probably sign with another team within 5 years anyways)


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