10/18/2008

Getting to this now...

Baseball America went division-by-division through the international signings by each team. They single out the signings of $100,000+. It's behind the subscriber wall, but they got to the Brewers earlier this week.

Milwaukee had no international signees in the six figure range, but BA gives the reason as Milwaukee had six of the top 62 picks in the June draft and spent over $6 Million on those six players.

That is not to say the Brewers did not sign any international players.
The Brewers did sign Venezuelan outfielder Luis Chirinos when he turned 16 in late August for $90,000. Chirinos is an aggressive righthanded hitter with some power. He projects as a corner outfielder. The Brewers also signed 19-year-old Dominican righthander Jaime King. At 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, King's fastball has been up to 92 mph with a mid-70s curve and feel for a changeup, and he could still pack on another 20 pounds as he continues to mature physically. Dominican righthander Jose Ramos, a 19-year-old with good arm action and a fastball up to 91 mph, also signed with the Brewers this year.
We'll see if any of these players wind up in a Rattler uniform at some point in the near future.

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