insidethemajors.com - 7/3/2009
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St. Louis started off the international amateur free agent signing day with a bang, locking up one of the top ranked Latin prospects, CF Wagner Mateo, for a $3.1 million signing bonus.
Cardinals Void Contract of Dominican Prospect Wagner Mateo
mlb.fanhouse.com 9/22/2009 — by Pat Lackey Just 21/2 months after the Cardinals agreed to a $3.1 million contract with 16-year old Dominican prospect Wagner Mateo , the St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that the club is voiding the deal due to a pre-existing condition that ...
Cardinals Plan To Sign Wagner Mateo
mlbtraderumors.com 6/26/2009 — According to Baseball America's Ben Badler , the Cardinals are "zeroing in" on 16-year-old outfielder Wagner Mateo , and are prepared to offer him a $3MM signing bonus. The international signing period begins July 3. If Mateo does indeed land ...
Wagner Mateo’s Potential Eye Issue
futureredbirds.net 9/21/2009 — This is part of the reason I have such a hard time evaluating Latin American prospects. It’s why I wasn’t high on Roberto de la Cruz last year as well. These players simply aren’t vetted as well and the records in Latin America ...
Mateo meets Pujols, media
yourenotagolfer.mlblogs.com 7/28/2009 — ST. LOUIS -- Wagner Mateo got a look on Monday at the ballpark he hopes to call home in a few years. Exactly how many years is open to debate, but Mateo is optimistic. Mateo, 16, signed with the Cardinals as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican ...
Cards expected to have signed big fish in Wagner Mateo
futureredbirds.net 6/26/2009 — Bu-bam! Per Ben Badler
The latest buzz in Latin America is that the Cardinals are expected to sign 16-year-old Dominican outfielder Wagner Mateo for a bonus of approximately $3 million on July 2.
A $3 million bonus would be the second-biggest ...
Top Bonus Candidates
mlbtraderumors.com 7/1/2009 — Baseball America's Ben Badler predicts which players will receive the biggest bonuses once the international signing period begins tomorrow. As he says, the players are ranked by how much they'll likely receive, not by their talent.
Miguel Angel Sano
Wagner Mateo - set to sign with the ...
Cardinals Zero In On Mateo
baseballamerica.com 6/26/2009 — The Cardinals appear to be closing in on Wagner Mateo, one of the top prospects available at the beginning of the July 2 international signing period.
Monday lineups and early tidbits: Wellemeyer, Rasmus, Mateo, trades
yourenotagolfer.mlblogs.com 7/27/2009 — Lots and lots of stuff going on at Busch Stadium today. * TLR said that Todd Wellemeyer's next start is not a sure thing. They're going to make a decision in the coming days, but at this point, Friday is TBA. * Colby Rasmus had an injection in his ...
July 2 Projected Top 25 List
baseballamerica.com 7/1/2009 — Projecting which players from Latin America will receive the top 25 signing bonuses after the international signing period begins on July 2.
Pleasant Surprises
seamheads.com 7/3/2009 — Much like a child who continually tests your patience, then surprises you by doing something sweet and kind (not that either of my kids would ever do that, of course), Todd Wellemeyer came out and gave a jolt to Cardinal Nation. It may have been that the Cards got him the early lead and that ...
Cards, Yanks sign hyped Dominican prospects —
SI.com - MLB 7/2/2009
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- The St. Louis Cardinals gave a $3.1 million signing bonus to 16-year-old outfielder Wagner Mateo, considered to be among the top amateur free agents from Latin America.
