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Friday, October 22, 2010

Top 10 highest paid International signings from last year (06)

1) Brian Chang 24.0M - Projects as a number 2/3 starter in the show. Overpaid, but was one of the two best starting pitchers on the market. Projected pick: 10 – 15

2) Wilfredo Benitez 20.0M – Probably the best player in the class he should be a great hitter, even though he lacks great power and the ability to play other positions. He was quickly traded to this year to Americas dump, OKC. Projected pick: top 5

3) Wilfredo Velazquez 15.0M – The other good looking pitcher from this group. He looks very impressive with mid 80’s splits, but you got to worry about how many starts this guy can make in a season. If that durability comes up, you have to say he maybe is the biggest steal in the international free agency. Project pick: top 10

4) Julio Rodriguez 12.2M – Very solid looking SS with a good right split. Looks like a solid .270 hitter. I really like this guy if he fills out to his projections, shit I like him now. Projected Pick : 10 - 15

5) Harry Garces 11.5M – Well the red bulls took a pretty large gamble and Harry got fat and couldn’t play SS anymore. Overpaid for an average third baseman. Projected Pick: late first

6) Tomas Velazquez 11.1M – Really good looking RP. The money is right where it should be for him. Should be top 10 closer one day. Projected Pick: top 20

7) Louis Sadler 8.9M – He will be getting on base for the most part with his great eye, but the splits leave me a bit worried about his over value. I think he ends up being a very solid player. Projected Pick: Late First

8) Al Cedeno 7.6M – This guy won’t have the control needed to be much of anything and is probably a AAAA pitcher. Projected Pick: late second/ early third

9) Shin-Soo Zhang 7.4M – Another career minor league player. Projected Pick: 4th Round

10) Midre Cruz 7.1M – Well he almost looks like he could be a major league player with that nice right split. Sadly, like Cedeno earlier, he sucks and will never be an impact on a decent ml club. Projected Pick: 4th Round

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