The Royals have officially signed Venezuelan shortstop Humberto Arteaga for $1.1 million. Arteaga, 16, is a 6-foot, 160-pound shortstop from Valencia who has stood out for his abilities in the field. Rene Francisco, the Royals' special assistant to the general manager in charge of international operations, said Arteaga's defense, work ethic, intelligence and feel for the [...]
• Royals first baseman of the future Eric Hosmer has hit more home runs (nine) in 107 Double-A at-bats than he did in 375 at-bats for high Class A Wilmington earlier this year (seven). Yesterday, he went 1-for-4 with a home run, his sixth at home. The 20-year-old Hosmer is an elite hitting and power [...]
The Reds have agreed to terms with Dominican shortstop Olivel Florentino for $250,000, pending the approval of Major League Baseball. Florentino was not among the 40 Dominican players who had to register with MLB prior to July 2, so his contract will not become official until MLB completes its investigation into his age and identity. Florentino, [...]
The Phillies have signed Anderson Gonzalez for $300,000, the second Venezuelan shortstop they have signed to a six-figure bonus since the international signing period opened on July 2. Gonzalez, a 16-year-old righthanded hitter from Barquisimeto, is around 6-foot-2, 160 pounds and stands out for his glovework. Last month the Phillies also signed Francisco Silva, another 16-year-old [...]
• When Fabio Martinez pitches, there's about a 50/50 chance that any given plate appearance will end without the ball being put in play. Part of the reason for that is because the Angels low Class A righthander has electric stuff. The other part, of course, is that Martinez doesn't have much of an idea [...]
Here's a look at some of the prospects who stood out over the weekend. • If you're looking for domination, no one in the minors is doing it better than Port Charlotte lefthander Matt Moore. The Rays prospect struck out a career-high 13 (in six scoreless innings) against Lakeland on Friday. It was the fourth time [...]
This time: July 28-Aug. 2 As always, be sure to visit two wonderful Baseball America resources: the Draft Database and Trade Central. An asterisk (*) denotes an instance of a player agreeing to terms on a minor league contract with an organization with which he already had a major league agreement. Arizona Diamondbacks Traded: RHP Edwin Jackson to [...]
Here's a look at this week's Prospect Hot Sheet sneak peek that we do with Fox Sports. <a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=f4f0bed0-5787-41ce-87b5-a4c26 7d6cf85" _cke_saved_href="http://msn.foxsports.com/video?vid=f4f0bed0-5787-41ce -87b5-a4c267d6cf85" target="_new" title="">Prospect Hot Sheet: Yankees Next Ace?</a>
A bevy of new performance-enhancing substance suspensions have come to our attention via an MLB press release. Among the six players, five tested positive for Methylhexaneamine, with the lone exception being "free agent pitcher" Luis Mercedes. He failed a test for the more-common metabolites of Stanozolol and will sit for 50 games if he signs [...]
BY MIKE LEMAIRE Not too many minor leaguers feel bittersweet when they get a promotion, but for Double-A Arkansas righthander Tyler Chatwood, leaving high Class A Rancho Cucamonga also meant leaving the place where he grew up. But now, after a rough introduction, Chatwood seems to feel just as comfortable in the Texas League as he [...]
Athletics correspondent Casey Tefertiller has the latest on star-crossed 18-year-old Michael Ynoa. The righthander signed with Oakland in 2008 for $4.25 million, an unsurpassed bonus amount for an amateur from Latin America. Tefertiller writes: Ynoa will be visiting two or three doctors to receive different opinions on his sore elbow, A's farm director Keith Lieppman said. [...]
When we think about power-hitting prospects in the minor leagues this year, names like Florida's Mike Stanton or Seattle's Carlos Peguero come to mind. Stanton and Peguero both had three-homer games earlier this season. Padres low Class A shortstop Jonathan Galvez accomplished the feat last month, which is fairly remarkable given that he has six home [...]
Joe Wieland had a rough introduction to the high Class A California League. After moving up from low Class A Hickory, where he was 7-4, 3.34, Wieland was touched up for seven runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings in his debut with Bakersfield. He went out again five days later and was hit [...]
Forget the batting race or the quest to find out which California League slugger will finish with the most home runs. The chase most worthy of attention this season might be that of Braves pitchers vying for the strikeout title in their own organization. Lefthander Mike Minor struck out eight Triple-A batters over seven innings for [...]
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