Oct
26
Report: Yankees sign Dominican centerfielder Wilmer Romero
ByVia Melissa Segura, the Yankees have signed 16-year-old Dominican centerfielder Wilmer Romero. The bonus is not yet known, but he was expected to receive seven-figures when the 2010 international signing period began. Listed at 6-foot-3, 185 lbs., Baseball America’s Ben Badler named Romero the ninth best prospect available in this year’s Latin American class (subs. req’d), saying that he “has a projectable, athletic frame with plus speed, a plus arm and plus raw power.” Keith Law (Insider req’d) called him “a potential five-tool center/right fielder.”
Here’s some video. Kid looks like he could add a few pounds. Or twenty.
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hes the next bernie williams!
Nothing not to like about this.
Melvin Croussett struck him out in two pitches.
He should be proud. Few men make it to two.
The Ninja does not rest for long
Any worry that he’s older than 16 years old?
Chris Hansen confirmed his age.
http://images.encyclopediadram.....erhere.jpg
Looks like someone shoud tell him to “have a seat right over there”.
Cashman said “This is the first time I’ve ever done this. I just wanted to talk to him.”
To Catch a Prospect.
prospectaphile
Should’ve left when Wilmer told him to have some cookies while he changed his shirt.
Just from my completely amateur perspective his batting stance looks a little bit like A-Rod’s. Just with less of a front leg kick.
I mean I could be totally off base, and I’m not saying it means anything, but to me the swing mechanics are kind of similar.
Compare his mechanics to this slow-mo video of A-Rod’s mechanics:
He does look like he has ARod’s swing and follow through. Nice to see a quicker/less bulked version.
go to 9 seconds in on Wilmer’s video and 2 seconds in on A-rod’s video, hit pause and then compare them side by side.
Heathcott, Romero…one more stud and we’ve got our future outfield of five-tool stars.
/wishful thinking but hey it could happen
But he’s blocked by Angelo Gumbs!!!
Gumbs?
Forgot about Gumbs. Boom. We’re set.
Keith Law (Insider req’d) called him “a potential five-tool center/right fielder.”
This just in, Keith Law just called Flores “the most over-rated piece of work since Nabokhov’s “The Bosom of Sasha”.
Shallow and pedantic.
Yay for toolsy outfielders.
Hooray high upside
See? The Yankees are getting younger. Now shut up.
He’s actually 35
Championship.
Thought I’d be the first person to declare victory after any acquisition.
Girardi will just fuck this up.
/a different meme’d
We will watch your career with great interest, young Romero.
international prospects = yankee gold
Power, nice
This seems as good a time as any to remind everyone to watch Sugar if you haven’t seen it already.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0990413/
Sugar is a poor man’s Half Nelson
/norelationbecyondthefilmmakersbuthalfnelsonisalotbetternotbecausesugarisn’treallygoodbutbecausehalfnelsonisfuckingincredible
I saw that movie. Wilmer is gonna end up just like Miguel.
So how excited should we be about this? Seriously, is this a big thing, or is this just a small possibility of a prospect?
At the end of the day, he’s still just a young kid with potential. But he’s the type of kid they don’t usually have a shot at in the draft.
Too far away to get excited imo.
He’ll gain weight once he moves north. the year around Dominican heat really keeps your metabolism high.
Today’s heat index in Santo Domingo is 105° Sheesh. I doubt the kid has air conditioning.
Apparently Melky and David Ortiz never go home.
Papi had a thin frame before he hit the canseco shakes
http://www.homeruncards.com/im.....-ultra.jpg
After today his whole city has central.
Not to mention the natural weight gain from maturation. These kids rarely stay stick thin through their late teens and early 20′s.
Starts in the GCL or DSL?
DSL, I’d imagine.
I thought we were done with the Hansen jokes.
How old is his wife?
I hear that in Santo Domingo there are trees called Prospect Trees. And you can plant seeds for an Outfielder or an Infielder or a pitcher and in 16 years, he will blossom into a mature Player for the draft.
True story.
It’s true. They’re also located in San Pedro de Macoris and San Cristobal.
Seems like a panic move
Elaborate.
yup, im tired of all these knee-jerk, quick fix moves
-sarcasm
and I reply failed
ok, so he takes over for Granderson next year so we can get to the WS?
Nah, needs some time to mature. Right when Granderson’s contract is ending.
Just for some context, where would a guy like this have been chosen if in the draft? First rounder? third? etc …
Anybody have an educated guess as to that?
I didn’t know anything about him before 5 minutes ago so don’t mean to waste your time, but the Yankees gave one? none? (Mason Williams?) of their 2010 Draft Picks a million bucks… Granted, Int. prospects are actually free agents on an open market (so have more leverage to negotiate), but 7 figures is a big bonus. That’s a top kind of international guy. If he’s in the draft he’s got 2+ more years to either mature into a beast or fade away or in between…
Last sentence I mean that he’s a junior in high school or something if he’s living in the US, and is probably at least 2 years away from being drafted which makes the calculation theoretically harder.