Angels sign Cuban IFer Roberto Baldoquin

[Blarg]

So your all saying he is the second coming of Randy Winn.

[Angel Oracle]

locking thread/

[Guest]

Lol

[Angel Oracle]

Can we have him teach Albert how to hit the ball to center and right?

[Lou]

On November 4, 2014 at 10:16 AM, AngelsAndRamsFan said:

Moreno finally listened to AO!

 

On November 4, 2014 at 10:30 AM, wopphil said:

Wow. I know that I just recently (like, within the last two days) ripped the FO for avoiding Latin players, and so did many others. And then this happens. Awesome.

 

On November 4, 2014 at 1:42 PM, CanadianHalo said:

@Alden_Gonzalez: One scout believes Roberto Baldoquin is already MLB ready at SS. "He would immediately become Aybar's replacement if there's an injury."

 

On November 4, 2014 at 3:37 PM, Scotty@AW said:

My view just from the video, the kid looks darn good going to his right and coming in on the ball.  Beautifully smooth transition from glove to hand.  Very graceful, athletic.  Stacked. I could see him at 2B, 3B or SS.  I couldn't really take much from his swing really other than to say he looks good in BP.  Great load, compact swing, swings through the ball rather than to it, finishes with his hands high which anyone from the Tony Gwynn school of hitting will tell you it's a good thing.  But again, that really doesn't tell us much at all.  

In short, he looks good in practice, hope he looks just as good in the game. 

Anyone else take anything away from that video?

 

On November 4, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Tyler said:

Just watched it. Jean Segura-esque. Wish we could have seen him run the bases. But looks alot like Segura minus a step-or-two.

 

On November 4, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Scotty@AW said:

I'm surprised you saw a Segura in him. This guy is so much more fluid in his motions and is much stronger (or so it appears) on his top half than Jean was. Of course Jean had tree trunks for legs.

 

i agree

[Lou]

On November 9, 2014 at 11:24 AM, Adam said:

an MLB exec I know told me this:

not a big impact guy, but can be a solid Major League piece -- with where this market is going it's a relatively small investment albeit with some risk.  I'm mixed on it; he won't be a superstar and could just end up sucking so who knows.  Cubans are a total crapshoot.

interesting . . .

[Stradling]

9 minutes ago, Lou said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

i agree

Coward

[UndertheHalo]

I’m not trying to be a dick but it’s kind of funny.    I’m trying to figure out whether Scotty’s analysis on Kyle Kubitza was worse or this.  

Edited October 5, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[UndertheHalo]

Also, Alden Gonzalez must have been working with the same scout that said Ohtani was a high school hitter. 

Edited October 5, 2018 by UndertheHalo

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, UndertheHalo said:

I’m not trying to be a dick but it’s kind of funny.    I’m trying to figure out whether Scotty’s analysis on Kyle Kubitza was worse or this.  

hmmmm . . . 

[eligrba]

Baldoquin probably turns 30 next week. Seems like he he has been in the farm for a long time.

[IEAngelsfan]

1 hour ago, Lou said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

i agree

Give them a break Lou.  They were under the influence of the Dipoto juice.

That didn't sound right, did it?

[UndertheHalo]

7 minutes ago, eligrba said:

Baldoquin probably turns 30 next week. Seems like he he has been in the farm for a long time.

Yea, seems like. 

[Docwaukee]

On 11/4/2014 at 12:23 PM, Lou said:

International Presence !

I agree

On 11/4/2014 at 12:59 PM, Chuckster70 said:

Getting Ric Wilson online this week (podcast or online chat here) so this is perfect timing. 

'he good.  we like him.  think he's good. gotta run fellas' - ric wilson

[Tyler]

Yeeesh. Then I saw him in person multiple times at IE and was disgusted. 

[UndertheHalo]

11 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

I agree

'he good.  we like him.  think he's good. gotta run fellas' - ric wilson

Rick Wilson is legit a functionally retarded person. 

[Docwaukee]

2 hours ago, UndertheHalo said:

Rick Wilson is legit a functionally retarded person. 

he literally wanted nothing to do with a bunch of message board dorks.  

he was the bane of our existence.  (haha.  ucwutIdidthere?)

[failos]

F*ck this guy 

[UndertheHalo]

31 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

he literally wanted nothing to do with a bunch of message board dorks.  

he was the bane of our existence.  (haha.  ucwutIdidthere?)

He also didn’t want anything to do with putting together a decent draft. 

[Lou]

34 minutes ago, Dochalo said:

he literally wanted nothing to do with a bunch of message board dorks.  

he was the bane of our existence.  (haha.  ucwutIdidthere?)

[ukyah]

On 11/4/2014 at 1:01 PM, ukyah said:

so, that video was uninspiring even with it's trumped up dubstep intensity. i'm all for the signing though and hope we sign moncada, as well.

 

oh snap, bitches!

[Blarg]

On 11/4/2014 at 2:06 PM, Inside Pitch said:

Season over...   This signing means no Vlady Jr. next year.

Yeah, this was the trajic results of Dipoto's incompetence.

[Inside Pitch]

On 11/4/2014 at 5:06 PM, Inside Pitch said:

Season over...   This signing means no Vlady Jr. next year.

Lou, you forgot the only scouting report that mattered....    14 mil.....  Vlad Jr signed the next year for 8 mil..... 

 

[mtangelsfan]

3 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

Lou, you forgot the only scouting report that mattered....    14 mil.....  Vlad Jr signed the next year for 8 mil..... 

 

5 week ban for you bringing this up again.  Now I am angry again.  Screw you IP.

[Blarg]

He probably would have signed with the Angels for less but Diputo made sure that was impossible. How could a GM be so stupidly short sighted and not think, Vlad Jr is a legacy player you have to keep the door open for?