More bad news, Cards voids DR prospect contract after a failed physical

ExtremeR · #1 09-22-2009, 05:54 PM

This is really bad news, poor family sure would be full of debt by now, buying things on credit. This has to be the worst year for the Dominican Baseball, ever!!

St. Louis Cardinals void prospect Wagner Mateo's deal after failed physical - ESPN

ExtremeR · #2 09-22-2009, 05:58 PM

There are more detail of the case in this link:

Cards void Mateo's contract - STLtoday.com

windeguy · #3 09-22-2009, 07:53 PM

I hope his vision issue can be helped, but if MLB didn't think so, it is not likely.

And where are the DR1 "Dominican Police" when you need them?

From the article:

Mateo has since traveled back and forth from the Dominican.

ExtremeR · #4 09-22-2009, 08:21 PM

LOL, they will send the newspaper an email explaining that is the Dominican Republic not the Dominican hehe.

But really this is a sad case, poor kid was even presented in Busch Stadium to the fans, the contract bonus was US$3.1MM. All that talent to waste due to faulty eyes.

AlterEgo · #5 09-22-2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ExtremeR

LOL, they will send the newspaper an email explaining that is the Dominican Republic not the Dominican hehe.
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Not related to this thread...but last Monday night I had a 1.5 hour drive to a board meeting with another board member. He's a high-powered financial adviser who is also a real estate broker, and he's been approached by someone he knows to help sell a condo project at a resort 'somewhere in the Dominican' to American investors. He asked a lot of questions, many of which I could answer because of DR1. He's going there to stay in one of the condos for several weeks in October [but doesn't know what city the resort is in or which airport he's flying into, because his 'people' take care of the details]. It's about all we discussed there and back, and by the time we neared home he must have said 'the Dominican' about 50 times

. I pointedly said 'Dominican Republic' every time I mentioned the country, but he just didn't get it.

AE

Cleef · #6 09-23-2009, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by AlterEgo

I pointedly said 'Dominican Republic' every time I mentioned the country, but he just didn't get it.AE

I don't get it either.

Chip · #7 09-23-2009, 01:40 AM

Well if this kid has talent and can put up some numbers for whatever he does he will get signed, albeit at a much discounted price. Don't worry Señor Extreme de algo, he and his family won't have to just eat plastano sacochá for long.

ExtremeR · #8 09-23-2009, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Chip

Well if this kid has talent and can put up some numbers for whatever he does he will get signed, albeit at a much discounted price. Don't worry Señor Extreme de algo, he and his family won't have to just eat plastano sacochá for long.

What's with your name calling man, you really should stop with your resentment over different topics post. Really mano, tumba eso de estar poniendole sobrenombres a los demas, he visto que has tenido problemas con demas por lo mismo. Tumba eso.

Kyle · #9 09-23-2009, 08:53 AM

maybe the dominicans should read the "How to be a Cuban defector and make it rich in the Major Leagues"

patrickbc · #10 09-23-2009, 09:38 AM

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"I’ve got doctors who say he does things better with his eye vision than normal players," Mercedes said. "What he makes up for with having 20/30 vision is above-normal depth perception. So it’s going to be a legal issue."

More details at Baseball America but the above is particularly interesting. Edgar Mercedes may be big enough to sue an MLB club, but it would be a new development, I think ...