[情報] Top Dominican Prospect Reportedly Considering Japan
Top Dominican Prospect Reportedly Considering Japan
Here's a developing story: a couple of weeks ago, a baseball source
indicated to me that Dominican prospect Rafael Depaula is considering
starting his professional career with a Japanese club. Depaula is
considered a top prospect, but the rub is that he's currently barred
from signing with an MLB club due to irregularities found in his age
investigation.
Depaula, 17, is a righthanded pitcher who compliments a mid-90's
fastball with a change up and slider. A brief video of him shows
clean mechanics, and a commentor at River Ave Blues was kind enough
to hand-translate a Spanish-language article about him (or you can
check out the machine-translation). I asked Ben Badler about
Depaula's status as a prospect, and he confirmed to me that he would
command a healthy bonus even if turned out to be older than 17.
So is Japan a viable option for Depaula? Aside from the foreign
player limit hurdle (which is significant) I don't see why not. The
Hiroshima Carp have certainly brought a number of guys over from
their Dominican Academy, and we've seen the Giants have some success
developing Wirfin Obispo. Yakult also occasionally bring young
players over from Brazil, though we have yet to see any of them
really stick with the top team. And we do see NPB teams go toe-to-toe
with MLB clubs over top amateur talent from Taiwan.
This story has the potential to become an interesting counter-point
to the Yusei Kikuchi situation. We'll keep an eye on it.
source: NPB Tracker
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