Agent Randy Hendricks: “A lot of life on his pitches, threw real well. Not all-out, which is what we told the teams he would not do, but sufficient I think to let everybody know he’s ready for prime time.”

is an epic failure… get a grip dude.

he wasn’t going all out. I agree that he shouldn’t be signed for that much, but he’s got a lot of talent. I think the Yanks should take a shot at him and get him for the right price. He’s young, and could be a dominating pitcher for the Yankees in a few years.

but you normally don’t hit your max velocity throwing a side session in the offseason. When Strasburg showed up to Washington he was only throwing low to mid 90s as well.

If he’s topping out at 96 during this bullshit, he has 100 in his arm.

96 is pretty damn fast.

CC sits at 92-93 also.

That’s throwing pretty hard.

If he turns into the next Randy Johnson, he’s worth that and more. That’s a huge IF though.

because he’s Cuban doesn’t mean he’s definitely not 21. I’m not saying it’s certain he’s that age, with all the history of Cuban pitchers. But people who don’t want him signed with they Yankees can’t have “21” as their argument.

specialist says he’s 21. he’s seen his passport (for what that’s worth).

The Cubans seem to age well. El Duque was about 50 when he first started with the Yanks. He could still be effective.

Whether he’s 21, 24, or 42…these Cuban pitcher seem to age well.

I mean…I know there’s the Contreras thing….

But there’s also the El Duque thing. The Duke was about as big a reason for the Yanks success from 98-2000 as any other pitcher. Dude was the MAN in the playoffs.

For 16-18 million?

How long are we talking here too? 4-5 years?

They’re the Yankees. They’re still spending after Pavano, Kei Igawa, Jaret Wright etc…..

Do it. Chuck him in the minors.

He never pitches…he never pitches.

He does? Boom.