Braves Sign Another European Prospect
by gondeee on Apr 22, 2010 8:51 AM EDT
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The Atlanta Braves have signed their fifth European prospect, catcher Víctor Velázquez, from the Tenerife Baseball Academy in Spain. The La Guancha native is the fifth European prospect to sign a professional contract wit the Major League Baseball club.
Velázquez participated in the second installment of the Tenerife Academy which is funded partly by the Braves organization. The promising backstop joins outfielder Deion Galvan and catcher Roberto Machado who were signed earlier this year by Johnny Almaraz, the Braves director of international operations.
The talented trio will join former academy members Ruben Rijkhof and Alejandro Sanchez Martinez in the Braves minor league system.
There are a lot of catchers coming out of the Tenerife Academy.
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I count 2 C, 2 OF, and a SS
are any of them on a full season squad right now? Seems like that Academy might really pay off in the future, is anyone else about to expand into Europe?
None of them are playing yet. Maybe a few will debut with the GCL team or Danville in July. It’ll definitely be interesting to see what comes from this academy.
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by Mr. Sanchez on Apr 22, 2010 11:25 AM EDT up reply actions
Are they the Suzuki type cathchers
Or are they the classic sense of the catcher?
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by bwellnjonesco on Apr 22, 2010 10:49 AM EDT up reply actions
Why do we need more catchers? We have McCann….
More magic from 22!
by HereComesBream on Apr 22, 2010 11:58 AM EDT up reply actions
Because if Freeman doesn’t come through, McCann will end up moving to first base where he can play everyday.
by Bobby Cocks on Apr 22, 2010 12:04 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
We need more everything, all the time, thats how it works..
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by bwellnjonesco on Apr 22, 2010 1:06 PM EDT up reply actions
And Bethancourt...
but guys get hurt, don’t pan out, or can be trade fodder. We’ve used two highly regarded Cs as the centerpiece prospect in deals for major talent recently (Tex and Vazquez), so it’s not like having a surplus of quality Cs in the system is a bad idea.
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