CUBAN SHORTSTOP BEING "SCOUTED HARD" BY YANKS

This is interesting and I guess there is never a bad time to check for new talent. That being said... I can't wrap my head around the fact that the Yankees are looking for a new shortstop.

Jon Morosi of FOX Sports is reporting that the Yankees are among a few teams that are checking out Cuban shortstop Aledmys Diaz. He tweeted that here:

Yankees were among teams scouting Cuban free agent shortstop Aledmys Diaz at his showcase today, sources say. @FOXSports1
— Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) February 13, 2014

So what does it all mean? Well, it means that for the first time in 20 years, the Yankees are looking for a shortstop. Obvious.

I was reading Hardball Talk and this is what they said about this young man:

"...Diaz, 23, hit .315/.404/.500 with 12 home runs and 11 stolen bases in 313 plate appearances at-bats during his last season in Cuba from 2011-2012. There are questions about his defense, so his future might actually be at second base.

Diaz was originally expected to sign with a team last off season, but he was suspended for a year for falsifying his age in an effort to get around MLB’s international spending cap and land a bigger contract. He’ll be eligible to sign next week, so we could see something come together pretty soon."

Oh boy... do we bother with this? Is Diaz a trouble maker or should we just go for it? Remember, the Yankees just recently signed another Cuban Shortstop. Back in July, I wrote THE YANKEES JUST SIGNED A SHORTSTOP, and it was all about a kid named Yonauris Rodriguez.

The question is, are we just going to sign a bunch of theese kids and see what sticks or is there a plan here?  It's such a bizarre concept, signing a shortstop for the Yankees future.. but this is where we are. The Derek Jeter Farewell Tour is coming... and then... it's on the the next one.  Wow, I can't believe it.

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THE YANKEES JUST SIGNED A SHORTSTOP

This is interesting. I mean, we have Derek Jeter who's slated to be back sometime this year.  We have an injured Eduardo Nunez who's supposed to be the next Derek Jeter.  We have Jayson Nix who is currently filling the Shortstop position. We have Cito Culver who's working his tail off to try and get up here to the Bronx, (Read EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: CITO CULVER) and we just signed a Dominican shortstop by the name of Yonauris Rodriguez. He is said to be one of the best defensive shortstops in the Latin America. OK then. True, it's exciting.

Here is the tweet confirming it. It's from Jesse Sanchez of MLB:

#Yankees, who have $1, 877,900 to spend on international market, have signed one player so far: SS Yonauris Rodriguez for $575K.
— Jesse Sanchez (@JesseSanchezMLB) July 2, 2013

Here is some YouTube video of him. It's bad ass... I'm not going to lie.


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