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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cuba's Aroldis Chapman Defects
mvn.com 7/2/2009 — 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 ...
Aroldis Chapman - BR Bullpen
baseball-reference.com 7/2/2009 — From BR Bullpen Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz Aroldis Chapman has shown flashes of brilliance in his young career but has also struggled at times. He has hit 102 mph on the radar gun. Chapman debuted with Holguín in the 2005-2006 Serie Nacional , going ...
No Evidence That Aroldis Chapman Is 26
baseballamerica.com 7/10/2009 — Aroldis Chapman set off a flood of speculation when he defected from the Cuban National team last week, with questions about whether he’ll break the international signing bonus record, when he will become eligible to sign and which club will end ...
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 ...
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 ...
Aroldis Chapman's Value
mlbtraderumors.com 7/3/2009 — Aroldis Chapman defected 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 ...
Florida 5, Nats 3 —
Nationals Journal 7/1/2009
When the Washington Nationals play the Florida Marlins, excruciating baseball -- the kind favored by the Nats no matter the opponent -- forms an unholy alliance with cursed baseball. And so you get losses that feel outlandish, even when you know ...
Reading Material —
Nationals Journal 7/2/2009
"One simply cannot make this stuff up," Amy Shipley writes from Florida, where the Nats lost yet again. Shipley also mentions the latest spate of Ryan Zimmerman errors -- three in two games, and it would have been four, if not for a postmortem scoring ...
Tweeting At Nats Park —
Nationals Journal 7/2/2009
Dear Nats blogger/Twitterer/fan: Hi. I'm Jon DeNunzio, one of the editors in The Post's Sports department, and I'm looking for some help with an experiment this weekend. We're considering a project that would capture and display Twitter posts from ...
