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| Francisco Lindor |
The Clermont, Florida native hit.528 (28-53) during his senior season at Montverde (FL) Academy High School with 31 runs scored, 6HR, 13 RBI and 20 steals in 21 attempts. Fifteen (15) of his twenty-eight (28) hits went for extra bases. The switch-hitting shortstop was a Rawlings First Team All-American in 2011 and won the home run hitting contest at the Aflac All-American Game in August of 2010 in San Diego’s PETCO Park.
Lindor is 17 years old and was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico before moving to the Orlando, FL area when he was 12 years old. He is 5-11 and weighs 170 pounds. In 2009 he helped Under-16 Team USA to a gold medal in Taiwan by hitting .500 with three triples and six steals.
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2 comments:
Hi Tony,
Can you explain the differences and consequences between signing a player to a minor league contract and a major league one? What is the rough cutoff between a player who can demand a major league contract and one who can't? I am reading about the Nationals' draft and can't tell if they are brilliant or idiots.
Thanks.
Difference with a major league contract is that player is on the 40-man roster NOW. He is using minor league options NOW. So, instead of a regular minor league contract where a guy has 3-4 years before he has to be rostered and THEN is added to the 40-man and option clock starts, everything is just starting immediately for major league contract guys. It also shortens the control clock on the guy to about 4-5 years (when options run out) to make a decision on the guy long term....versus controlling a guy for as many as 7-8 years if on a minor league contract. There is no cutoff....just depends on the demands of the player and if said team is willing to meet those. I personally would never give a high school player such a deal, though some of the advanced college guys especially in the Top 10 it can make sense since they are expected to pitch almost right away....but again, the major league deals were way overboard this year as some of those guys in no way should have gotten such a thing.
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