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Red Sox Question, serious this time
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 8:57 am
by OSBF
Heard last night they signed a pitcher off our local independent minor league team and assigned him to AA
Any truth to that?
Would be a pretty big leap, I would sort of consider the Frontier League to be something below A ball
Re: Red Sox Question, serious this time
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 12:47 pm
by UNHWildCats
OSBF wrote:Heard last night they signed a pitcher off our local independent minor league team and assigned him to AA
Any truth to that?
Would be a pretty big leap, I would sort of consider the Frontier League to be something below A ball
There can be quality players out there.
Daniel Nava went undrafted out of shcool and played independent ball. in late 2007 Boston purchased his rights for $1 from the Golden Baseball League.
A little over two seasons later he was called up to Boston and all he did was take his first pitch seen in the majors and hit a grand slam.
With injured players making their way back he was just optioned back to AAA but he heads back down with a .286 average a .381 OBP and 10 doubles to go with 16 RBI in 91 ABs.
The move would fill either two things.
a) a low cost risk for an arm they feel has potential to help them in a couple years or
b) a low cost roster fill that that rather use a player they have no major investment in as opposed to calling up a guy from A who isnt ready and harm his growth.