sports.espn.go.com - 7/2/2009
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Aroldis Chapman, a Cuban considered by many scouts to be the best left-handed pitching prospect in the world, has defected from the national team, several sources have confirmed to ESPN The Magazine.
athbloggs.blogspot.com - 7/2/2009
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21 year-old Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman with a
100 mph fastball has defected. If you watched any
of the Cuban WBC games you may have seen him pitch (or at least remember the announcers talking about him.) Apparently the guy wants to go by the name "A-Chap" – gee, how novel. The 21-year-old ...
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Defected!
mvn.com - 7/2/2009
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Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN The Magazine reported
today left-handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman has defected from the
Cuban national team. According to the report, Chapman defected from the team while they were in the Netherlands competing in a tournament, walking right out of the front door of the ...
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Cuba's Aroldis Chapman Defects
cubaencuentro.com - 7/2/2009
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cubaencuentro.com —
El pitcher Aroldis Chapman, la mayor promesa entre
los lanzadores de la Isla, abandonó el equipo nacional
de béisbol que participará desde este jueves en el tradicional Torneo de Rotterdam (Holanda)."Estoy muy contento. Hasta ahora todo ha salido ...
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El pitcher Aroldis Chapman abandona el equipo nacional ...
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MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... from Cuba and he's now free to sign with the highest bidder. So how much will teams offer the player many scouts consider the best left-handed pitching prospect in the world? ESPN.com's Jorge Arangure Jr. gathered some estimates and hears that the 21-year-old could sign a deal worth between $30-60MM. ...
Top Cuban Prospect Defects
DUELING COUCHES —
... "Aroldis Chapman, a Cuban considered by many scouts to be the best left-handed pitching prospect in the world, has defected from the national team, several sources have confirmed to ESPN The Magazine. Chapman, 21, walked out of his hotel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where Cuba was participating in a tournament, and never returned, according to the Spanish-language Web site cubaencuentro.com, which first reported Chapman's defection (ESPN)." ...
Aroldis Chapman, perhaps the
SportsFilter —
Cuban Lefthander Aroldis Chapman Defects : Aroldis Chapman, perhaps the "best left-handed pitching prospect in the world" has left the Cuban National Team hotel in the Netherlands."I walked out easily, right through the hotel door, and I hopped into a car and left," Chapman told ...
Cuban Pitcher Aroldis Chapman Defects
FanHouse —
by Pat Lackey Filed under: ProspectsJuly 2nd is already an exciting day for prospect wonks, as its the first day that teenage Latin American free agents are allowed to sign with Major League teams. While waiting on official announcements for superprospects like Wagner Mateo and Miguel Angel Sano, some unexpected news broke today. ESPN's Jorge Arangure relays a report from a Cuban website that 21-year-old Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman walked out of the Cuban national team's hotel room in Rotterdam, the Netherlands today ...
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Fack Youk —
... In bigger international news, Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman has defected. Chapman was impressive in the WBC and figures to start a bidding war once he establishes asylum, likley in the Dominican Republic or Nicaragua. If he's more El Duque than Jose Contreras, I say go for it. ...
Arland Bruce Is The CFL’s Ocho Cinco
The Big Lead —
... Playing dead cost him 2 objectionable conduct penalties. He calls it a tribute and I might have believed him except this isn’t the first time Arland Bruce has made the rounds in the blogosphere. Last season he celebrated a touchdown by putting on a Spiderman mask. ...
Cuban Prospect Defects
The Big Lead —
... from the Dutch hotel where the Cuban national team was staying yesterday and doesn’t plan on going back. Chapman is one of the top lefty pitching prospects in the world. Right now, he’s hiding out in Europe waiting to head to Miami. “I walked out easily, right through the hotel door, and I hopped into a car and left. It was easy. Now the plan is to sign with a major league team.” I wonder how much the Yankees will sign him for? The anticipation is killing me. (ESPN) ...
Cuba's Aroldis Chapman Defects
Around the Majors —
Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN The Magazine reported today left-handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman has defected from the Cuban national team. According to the report, Chapman defected from the team while they were in the Netherlands competing in a tournament, walking right ...
Update on Chapman, Jesus
Pinstripe Alley —
... So Aroldis Chapman has indeed defected (while in Europe with the Cuban national team). ESPN thinks he'll be with a ML organization by next year, and has a quote from Yankee senior VP Mark Newman saying that Chapman will draw interest from the Yanks. Preliminary assumptions put Chapman's initial contract between $30 and $60 million! ...
Winning Streak Applesauce - Mets Sign Urbina, Royals Ban Rany, Joey Chestnut vs. Kobayashi
Amazin' Avenue —
... ranked him as the #8 international prospect. Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman, whom Buster Olney calls the "lefthanded Stephen Strasburg", defected while in the Netherlands. ...
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Halos Heaven —
... jumps out at you -- he wins."
New plan for Angels' Santana - LA Daily News The optimist in manager Mike Scioscia still believes that Ervin Santana can return to the impressive pitcher the right-hander was a season ago. Realistically, when Santana returns tonight from his second stint on the disabled list, the Angels should be happy to get an innings eater who can show flashes of his old brilliance on occasion.
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Aroldis Chapman, top Cuban pitcher, defects - ESPN Aroldis Chapman, a Cuban ...
What Do Bill Simmons and Keith Law Think of the Tigers?
Bless You Boys —
... of the season.)
Neither Law nor Simmons are big believers in the Tigers, but concede that they might be the best team in the AL Central. (Though Simmons thinks Detroit will be under .500 by the end of the season.)
Law, however, appears not to have watched Armando Galarraga in quite a while, and is called out on that by Simmons.
Both Law and Simmons hate Fernando Rodney.
The two also discuss Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman, who came up in yesterday's Off-Day Open Thread. We're a little ...
Aroldis Chapman, Stephen Strasburg And The Trouble That Lies Ahead For The Washington Nationals...
Federal Baseball —
... is a story by ESPN.com's Jorge Arangue, entitled, "Top Cuban prospect defects" which seeks to determine how much Aroldis Chapman, the talented 21-year-old, left-handed flame-thrower from Cuba will command on the open market now that he's defected, and there's a video included with Mr. Arangue's piece wherein ESPN.com's Buster Olney calls Chapman "a left-handed Strasburg" who can reach triple-digits with his fastball, though Mr. Olney makes clear the distinction that Strasburg's limited to working out a deal with the ...
The Captivating Story of Aroldis Chapman
The Big Lead —
... . Aroldis Chapman is a 21-year-old lefty with a fastball that has been clocked at 102 mph. On July 1, he defected from Cuba while his team was playing in the Netherlands. “I walked out easily, right through the hotel door, and I hopped into a car and left,” he told cubaencuentro.com at the time. “It was easy. Now the plan is to sign with a major league team.” Currently, he’s hiding out in Europe. ESPN found him, and he’s talking for the first time. (View some of Chapman’s filthiness ...
Chapman establishes residency in Andorra
Circling The Bases —
... , clearing a major hurdle to become a major league free agent. Chapman walked out of his hotel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands while Cuba was participating in a baseball tournament in July. His location was not immediately known, but it appears that he was savvy enough to take advantage of a major-league loophole which allows players from third-party countries -- no longer a product of the U.S. embargo with Cuba -- to enter the free-agent pool as opposed to the draft. Because Chapman had a passport, he was able to get the wheels in motion rather quickly. Another bonus, Andorra ...
Should The Washington Nationals Try To Sign Aroldis Chapman?
Federal Baseball —
... in an article entitled, "Pitcher Chapman awaits MLB's ruling" as a, "...small country of about 84,000 that borders Spain and France." The key to Chapman's ability to move this process along was the fact that he was actually able to bring his passport along when he defected, which, when combined with the fact that Chapman claimed in the original article on his defection by ESPN.com's Jose Arangue Jr. entitled, "Top Cuban prospect defects", that he just, "...walked out easily. Right through the hotel door...it was easy," makes ...
I’m Reading: about Chapman, 89 cents, and Winter Ball
MetsBlog.com —
Cuban LHP Aroldis Chapman, who recently defected and is now residing in Andorra, will soon be a free agent in the United States, ready to sign with a team in MLB.
In a post to NY Baseball Digest, Mike Silva wonders if the Mets and Yankees will be competing for his services.
For more on Chapman, who reportedly throws 100 mph, read this report with video from ESPN.com.
Meanwhile, the Mets are going to extreme lengths to find a left-fielder to rob home runs in Citi Field, explains Metstradamus.
There are Mets tickets available ...
Aroldis Chapman (Photos) Has Lingerie Chicks On His Arms During Boston Visit
Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football —
... In a shocking twist to the usual recipe of bloggers breaking such photos, API got ahead of the Deadspins and Busted Coverages of the world and posted questionable photos that will obviously be picked up by the New York Post and Daily News. Doesn’t seem like the best contract negotiation ploy ever, but we’re fans of this agency. Estimates from back in July when Chapman defected had him possibly signing a contract between $30 and $60 million. BC can only pray he uses some of that cash to keep making club visits and make it rain. [ ...
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Chapman Defects From Cuba
puristbleedspinstripes.com 7/2/2009 — From here El pitcher Aroldis Chapman abandona el equipo nacional en Holanda Pitcher Aroldis Chapman abandons the national team in the Netherlands Roger Machado, director del equipo, dijo a CUBAENCUENTRO.com que el lanzador había abandonado el hotel, pero que no podía confirmar 'su deserción'. ...
Exciting minor league news
pinstripealley.com 7/2/2009 —
We'll start with the apparent defection of Cuban southpaw Aroldis Chapman (translated from a Spanish-language article) -
The pitcher Aroldis Chapman, among the most promising pitchers in the Island, left the national team in baseball since Thursday to participate in the ...
Graph of the Day: Aroldis Chapman's Fastball
beyondtheboxscore.com 7/3/2009 — Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman raised eyebrows around the baseball world this spring. Pitching for the Cuban team in the World Baseball Classic, Chapman flashed an incredible fastball and some nasty secondary stuff, despite some poor results (6.1 IP, 4 ER, 8 K, 4 BB). Those who ...
Aroldis Chapman Defects
mlbtraderumors.com 7/2/2009 — Aroldis Chapman is a 21 year-old lefty who's touched 100 mph with his fastball. Interested? According to CubaenCuentro.com , Chapman defected from the Cuban national team while the club was stationed in the Netherlands (English version here ). ...
HUGE Defection News
natsfarm.com 7/2/2009 — Courtesy of CubaeanCuentro (in Spanish) … 21-year old LHP Aroldis Chapman allegedly defected from the Cuban National team while they were in Holland. He reportedly walked away from the team hotel. For those who watched the WBC, Chapman was the young lefty who touched 100mph in his ...
Chapman Defects
bleedingblueandteal.com 7/2/2009 — Aroldis Chapman, the Cuban starter who made a name for himself during WBC play this Spring, has defected from the Cuban National Team and plans on signing with a Major League club.
Chapman has terrible control and lacks polished secondary offerings ...
Chapman v. Strasburg — Which Can’t Miss Prospect…Will
bugsandcranks.com 7/3/2009 — Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman, an uber-prospect who has had fastballs clocked at better than 100 miles per hour, simply walked out of his hotel room in the Netherlands recently, defecting in the hopes of pitching in the major leagues.
Chapman ...
Aroldis Chapman Interests Yankees
mlbtraderumors.com 7/3/2009 — The Yankees will have interest in flame-throwing lefty Aroldis Champan once he establishes residency in another country and becomes a free agent, according to Yahoo's Tim Brown and ESPN.com's Jorge Arangure Jr. . The 21-year-old just defected from ...
Yanks Interested in Top Cuban Pitcher?
slidingintohome.blogspot.com 7/3/2009 — While recently playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Cuba's top pitching prospect, Aroldis Chapman defected from the Cuban national team. Apparently, the Yanks are interested. Here's more from SI.com : Aroldis Chapman, whose age was reported to be 21 years old, walked out of his ...
A Name to Remember: Aroldis Chapman
advancedfantasybaseball.com 7/4/2009 — We have no idea if Aroldis Chapman can even come close to matching the hype created around his signing the last few days but he is definitely a player all fantasy baseball owners should have on their watch lists. If you are in a league with a mid-season farm draft or with very liberal rules ...
Cuban Prospect Has Five Extra Birthdays
mlbnotebook.com 7/4/2009 — Picked this up from MLB Trade Rumors via Twitter. Jack Curry of the New York Times reports that Cuban lefthander Aroldis Chapman may be 26 years old rather than the 21 he was believed to be.
"[Chapman's] age was reported Thursday as 21, but reports in March at the World ...
Aroldis Chapman Reportedly 26 Years Old
mlbtraderumors.com 7/4/2009 — Jack Curry of the New York Times reports that Cuban lefthander Aroldis Chapman is 26-yrs old rather than the 21 he was believed to be.
"[Chapman's] age was reported Thursday as 21, but reports in March at the World Baseball Classic said he was ...
Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman defects in the Netherlands —
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Cuban left handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman defected from the Cuban national team while they were in the Netherlands. He apparently just disappeared from his hotel during a tournament that Cuba was playing there.
I'm all for it when these guys get out of there to make a better life for ...
Breaking News-Cuban Phenom Aroldis Chapman Defects —
The Yankee Universe
This is pretty huge news for anyone familiar with him, Cuban Pitcher Aroldis Chapman has defected from the Cuban National team in Holland. He said (translated)
“I left normally, by the hotel door, and got into a car. It was easy,” he added. Now his plans are “sign with some team and play in ...
Cigars, Rum and A-Rold —
RotoRob
A 21-year-old lefty who can throw 102 mph fastballs? Uh, ya. Aroldis Chapman needs to be on your radar.
This week, one of the top young pitchers in the world, 21-year-old Cuban southpaw Aroldis Chapman , defected prior to the 2009 World Port tournament being held in the Netherlands. Along ...
New York Times-Aroldis Chapman is 26 —
The Yankee Universe
The NYTimes is reporting that Chapman is 26, not 21. Here’s the story:
The Yankees, who have been at the forefront of signing international pitchers, will have discussions about whether they should pursue the left-handed Chapman. He fires a fastball that exceeds 100 miles per hour and ...
Remember the name Aroldis Chapman —
Dom D's Mets Fan Blog
According to ESPN's Buster Olney , the big off-season free agents won't be Matt Holliday, Jason Bay or even John Lackey.
It will be 21 year old left handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman, who just recently defected from Cuba..
His fastball has been clocked at 101 - 102 MPH with a plus ...
Aroldis Chapman Defects from Cuba —
EveryJoe » Baseball
Aroldis Chapman has reported defected from Cuba while traveling with the Cuban national team in Holland. This is major news in the baseball world because he’s considered one of the best pitching prospects on the planet.
Chapman is a left-handed pitcher who virtually every international ...
Odds And Ends: Dodgers, Chapman, Kepler —
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
Some more links as we count down to the big weekend...
Diamond Leung reports that the Dodgers traded minor-league pitcher Stephen Randolph to the Royals. Randolph, who was named in the Mitchell Report, pitched well as a starter in Triple A this month.
Aroldis Chapman 's whereabouts ...
Cuban National Aroldis Chapman Defects —
Bob's Blitz
Happy 4th. 21-year old former boxer Aroldis Chapman of the Cuban National baseball team is a 102-mph throwing lefty. He apparently has fast legs as well. According to cubaencuentro.com, Chapman went...
Full story: http://www.bobsblitz.com
Prospect Defects —
baseballmusings.com
A Cuban pitcher defected in the Netherlands :
A top Cuban pitching prospect with a 100 mph fastball has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
ESPN The Magazine reports that several unidentified sources confirmed that Aroldis Chapman walked ...
Aroldis Chapman Reportedly Defects —
FanGraphs Baseball
Heading up to the draft, one of the main topics of conversation was how much Stephen Strasburg was worth, and how much he’d eventually sign for. Rumors of a $50 million bonus demand were floated, while the consensus seemed to be that he’ll sign for $15 to $20 million, because he ...
Aroldis Chapman Defects —
East Windup Chronicle
Yes, I’m aware Cuba is not in Asia, but any time a 21 year old left hander touching 102 MPH defects, it gets top billing on a baseball site. Chapman is arguably the biggest non-MLB baseball talent in the world (only Darvish comes close), and this is a big story.
MLB Trade Rumors ...
Jesus, Montero went deep again! —
River Avenue Blues
Looks like Aroldis Chapman has defected from Cuba while participating in a tournament in the Netherlands (h/t The Artist ) . It’s unconfirmed other than the linked report, but huge news if true. You may remember him from the WBC, (supposedly) 21-yr old southpaw with serious heat and tons ...
Report: Top Cuban prospect defects (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News
A top Cuban pitching prospect with a 100 mph fastball has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. ESPN The Magazine reports that several unidentified sources confirmed that Aroldis Chapman walked out of ...
