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The Mets signed Juan Urbina, a Venezuelan lefty, to a bonus worth more than $1MM, according to Kiley McDaniel of Baseball Prospectus. Urbina is the son of longtime major leaguer Ugueth Urbina.

Shocker...

DDPv6.0

How is this a shocker? It is the international free agent signing period and by all accounts Ugueth's son is a pretty decent prospect as long as he doesn't try to torch someone. You didn't expect them to sign some crappy European, did you?

Bay Ridge Dave

I think people are just tired of Omar trying to revive the Montreal Expos, even if it is the son of a former player/jailbird.

mets84

That's a little silly. Granted I know nothing about this kid, but given the rending of garments over the Mets' minor league system, it's hard to find legitimate issue with the acquisition of young talent.

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Bay Ridge Dave

Oh don't get me wrong. I hope the kid is good... I'm just pointing out the common thread in some Omar's dealings. Kind of like Six Degrees of Separation - Montreal Expos style.

mets84

Heh.

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Green Must Go

Is this mega-millions, like the lottery?

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SI Metman

I heard good things about Urbina. We won't hear from him for another 3-4 years, but hopefully he'll join the ranks of Mejia and Flores as jewels in the farm system.

metman

Who are the 'big names' this year? Is he one of them?

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tfc3rid

These are the Top Prospects...

Miguel Angel Sano
Wagner Mateo - set to sign with the Cardinals for $3.1MM
Gary Sanchez
Guillermo Pimentel
Jose Vinicio - set to sign with the Red Sox for $2MM

Sano may sign with PIT or MIN...

Sanchez, a C, already signed today with the Yankees ($3M bonus)...

Urbina comes in at #8 on the list from Baseball America.

Big Denny

Do they have satellite TV in Venezuelan Prison?

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Luscious Johnny D.

How long till he gets busted for trafficking?

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METSSC

What about that Cuban lefty that throws 100 MPH that just defected. Or is his pricetag too high for Coupon.

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tfc3rid

Saw he defected... Would be a nice sign but I'm sure the price tag will be too high... He'll be a Yankee.

NYRomy

Hearing reports that he is looking for between 30 and 60 million. Kid is damn good, but not sure he's worth that much. Consider Contreras got 4 years 32 mil a few years back and he was one of the most refined Cuban pitchers to reach the majors.

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