Star Cuban pitcher defects; Yankees interested?
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 7/3/2009 — A highly regarded Cuban pitching prospect has defected from the national team while playing in a tournament in Rotterdam, Netherlands. His next stop could be in the major leagues, possibly with the New York Yankees.

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 ...

Top Cuban pitching prospect missing from tournament
usatoday.com 7/6/2009 — A Cuban pitcher considered by many baseball scouts to be the No. 1 left-handed prospect in the world left his hotel and vanished ...

Cuban with 100 MPH fastball Defects
blitzcorner.com 7/2/2009 — The 21-year-old left-hander will be remembered for his velocity readings as much as anything since he threw more than 70% fastballs and recorded an average velocity of 93 miles per hour. On his 12th pitch of the afternoon Chapman hit triple digits with a staggering 100.2 miles per hour.

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'. ...

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 ...

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 potentially significant Cuban defection
bases.newsvine.com 7/2/2009 — Via MLB Trade rumors comes word that a 21 year-old Cuban pitcher with a 100 m.p.h. fastball has defected (source, in Spanish, here).

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 ...

Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman hires agent
sports.espn.go.com 7/13/2009 — ST. LOUIS -- Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman, who defected this month after arriving with his national team for a tournament in the Netherlands, has signed with an agent. Chapman will be represented by Athletes Premier International, which is headed by ...

Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool: Runs & Ribbies — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/1/2009
Some reasonably available players to assist you in the Runs and/or RBI categories. Runs Josh Willingham, OF, Florida Marlins Willingham led the league with nine runs last week while hitting .478 (11-for-23) with three RBI ...

Survey says: Angels most fan-friendly — Major League Baseball News 7/1/2009
The Angels were ranked as the most fan-friendly team among 122 professional franchises studied in a survey by ESPN the Magazine.

Cleveland Indians: Pitching Reaching Epic Standards for Futility — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/1/2009
The bottom line on the ESPN Sports Center screen scrawled by and the White Sox vs. Indians score blinked an all too familiar array of crooked numbers.  The eleven runs scored by the Sox, in a rain shortened game to boot, helped cement a ...

Fantasy Baseball Free Agent Pool—Strikeout Kings — Bleacher Report - MLB 7/2/2009
Here is a list of some reasonably available players to assist you in the strikeout category. I realize that some of these players will come with high ERA and WHIP because if a pitcher has low numbers in those categories and a good K total, ...

Report: Top Cuban prospect defects (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 7/2/2009
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 ...