Mets sign 16-year-old LHP Adrian Almeid for $170K

Apparently the Red Sox were also in on him. Doesn't sound like anyone has a publicly available scouting report yet, but that's a fairly large IFA bonus.

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Interesting.

Looking forward to finding out more about him. Until then I’m just going to assume he’s the next Sandy Kofax.

by EricAColucci on Jan 24, 2012 6:48 PM EST reply actions

Don't you mean

the next Oliver Perez?

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by BobbyV_Incognito on Jan 24, 2012 10:32 PM EST up reply actions

He two years older than Oliver Perez

Remember, always divide by 2 to get the true age of amateur signings

by Ownbey4Mex on Jan 25, 2012 12:52 PM EST up reply actions

* he's

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by Ownbey4Mex on Jan 25, 2012 12:55 PM EST up reply actions

Hopefully him and Urbina work out

A young, good lefty tandem…

I’m getting ahead of myself…

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by Brooklyn Dodgers Mets Fan on Jan 24, 2012 7:33 PM EST reply actions

FUTURE HALL OF FAMERS!!!!

WOOOOHOOOOO

by Evan_S on Jan 24, 2012 8:12 PM EST up reply actions

Certainly nothing wrong with this signing.

Hopefully he develops into something.

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by Steve Schreiber on Jan 24, 2012 7:58 PM EST reply actions

Is he good?

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by SuperSantana on Jan 24, 2012 8:33 PM EST reply actions

All we can say is that some scouts think he’s worth a $170,000 bonus. (Which is six times smaller than Juan Urbina’s bonus, but ten times larger than Jenrry Mejia’s bonus. So make of that what you will.)

by psiogen on Jan 24, 2012 10:23 PM EST up reply actions

Do the draft cap kick in this off season or start in June?

by FrancoTAU on Jan 24, 2012 10:54 PM EST up reply actions

Teams can still spend unlimited money on international signings until the next signing period starts in July

Of course, most of the notable free agents who are eligible right now have already been signed.

by psiogen on Jan 24, 2012 11:02 PM EST up reply actions

are you serious?

Jenrry Mejia signed for less money than a new car?!?

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by Blame-everyone-else on Jan 25, 2012 4:23 PM EST up reply actions

$16,500

That factoid comes from a profile on Mejia from a couple years ago, about his childhood shining shoes for $8 a day:
http://www.nj.com/mets/index.ssf/2010/03/mets_top_pitching_prospect_jen.html

by psiogen on Jan 25, 2012 6:29 PM EST up reply actions