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by **Surfs up** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:11 am

He defected from Cuban and was just signed by the Red Sox for $425.00 . All I know about him is he is a power hitting first baseman . He is on his fourth agent and is still trying to get a visa. Anybody know anything more about him?

by **Big Pimpin** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:57 am

Surfs up wrote:He defected from Cuban and was just signed by the Red Sox for $425.00 . All I know about him is he is a power hitting first baseman . He is on his fourth agent and is still trying to get a visa. Anybody know anything more about him?

He must be the greatest prospect ever to get such a huge signing bonus. Maybe he can now afford the deposit for a studio apartment somewhere. ;-D

Sorry, I've never heard of him. Mitchell doesn't exactly sound like a Cuban name, either. :-?

by **bigken117** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 10:59 am

Big Pimpin wrote:He must be the greatest prospect ever to get such a huge signing bonus. Maybe he can now afford the deposit for a studio apartment somewhere.

heh, not in Boston...

I'm from Boston, and I've never heard of him either.

by **Red Stripe** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:08 am

Surfs up wrote:He defected from Cuban and was just signed by the Red Sox for $425.00 . All I know about him is he is a power hitting first baseman . He is on his fourth agent and is still trying to get a visa. Anybody know anything more about him?

$425 signing bonus????? LMAO. Thats got to be record for cheapest signing.

by **pokerplaya** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 11:55 am

You have a link? I'd really like to show this one to some friends!

by **Apollo** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 1:52 pm

I hear their initial offer was only $415, but they got in a bidding war with the Yankees that jacked his price up that extra $10.

by **KolbSaves** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 3:10 pm

I heard they threw in a free subscription to SI for Kids too.

by **BritSox** » Sat Sep 10, 2005 4:54 pm

Big Pimpin wrote:
Surfs up wrote:He defected from Cuban and was just signed by the Red Sox for $425.00 . All I know about him is he is a power hitting first baseman . He is on his fourth agent and is still trying to get a visa. Anybody know anything more about him?

He must be the greatest prospect ever to get such a huge signing bonus. Maybe he can now afford the deposit for a studio apartment somewhere.

Sorry, I've never heard of him. Mitchell doesn't exactly sound like a Cuban name, either.

It's Michel, and his bonus is $425k. (Signing a prospect for $425 would just be the BEST moneyball idea though wouldn't it? :-D

) He was fairly useful in Cuba, but then there's no track record of Cuban position players being any good. S'pose we've got the cash, so it's worth a pop.

by **buffalobillsrul2002** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:22 pm

This is an awesome move by the Red Sox. I definitely think that the odds are better than 1/1000 that he ends up doing something productive in the major leagues someday.

by **Surfs up** » Sun Sep 11, 2005 10:40 pm

So bigken117 Looks like the Red Sox are doing some moves without you knowing .So guess I wasn't seeing seeing things.

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