Hearing Royals likely destination for Nicaraguan Cheslor Cuthbert at around $1 mill bonus. Nothing...

Hearing Royals likely destination for Nicaraguan Cheslor Cuthbert at around $1 mill bonus. Nothing final though.

5 months ago RoyalsRetro 10 comments 2 recs |

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More on the 16 year old Nicaraguan third baseman

La Prensa

Despite his 15 years of age, Cheslor Cuthbert hits the ball with the strength of a man, which together with the rest of your abilities are pleased to let about 20 scouts from a dozen organizations in the Major Leagues, Yesterday they were in the showcase players Nicaraguans in the Estadio Roberto Clemente, Masaya.

El Nuevo Diario

The young ballplayers Cheslor Cuthbert (16) and Jen Argeñal (17 years) were, at the discretion of the scouts who were presented Saturday at the “Show Case” in the “Roberto Clemente,” Masaya, players who had the skills More interesting that in the near future may be human material firmable by teams of the Major Leagues.

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by RoyalsRetro on Jun 23, 2009 5:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

hell of a lot better risk than 40 games of jacobs

Fire Everyone

by billybeingbilly on Jun 23, 2009 5:33 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm assuming his age has been verified

Would hate to find out he’s actually 23…

by stram#1 on Jun 23, 2009 6:32 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh, I'm sure we'll never be burned by that

… d’oh

by sterlingice on Jun 23, 2009 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

much better use of resources than jake

or someone like reggie sanders or scott elarton or brett tomko or…

Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jun 23, 2009 6:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

angel, gload, no-ram, may,the professor

Jeff Zimmerman - Protecting the world from RBI's and Wins from my mom's guest house.

by Jeff Zimmerman (TucsonRoyal) on Jun 23, 2009 6:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

But does he know the Braves way?

And does he know what WAR and VORP is?

The answer to either question will determine whether he is even worth a penny playing for this organization.

Get treated. Royally.

by Royals Nation on Jun 23, 2009 6:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

We're hearing these things from Twitter now

Expands the Iranian borders and brings us news from Nicaragua!

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by 306008 on Jun 23, 2009 8:38 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

rumor from bp is pirates for 750k

http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=9107

Kansas City Royals - rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic since 1994.

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Jun 24, 2009 12:08 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Buried treasure

• The Pirates have lost out on Nicaraguan third base prospect Cheslor Cuthbert, who has agreed to sign with Kansas City for a bonus in the range of $1.5 million. The Pirates had been pursuing him for two years. The international signing period for 16-year-olds begins Thursday.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09179/980412-63.stm#ixzz0Jlu6bWXd&D

by GobbleforCyoung on Jun 28, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs