Twins sign 17 year old Felix Jorge from Dominican Republic

"Hip, hip, Jorge!"?

over 1 year ago Flip27 21 comments 0 recs |

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Seems to be some projectability with this kid.

Seeing how tall he is for his age, and his weight makes me think that he will add some arm strength as he grows into his body. That 88-91mph fastball seems more likely to be in the mid 90’s. Plus he has some secondary pitches already? Another win for the Twin’s Int’l scouting department.

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by d-mac on Feb 14, 2011 10:25 PM EST reply actions

"Hip, hip, Jorge!"

Made me laugh out loud. Hope he’s good.

by hrbekmorneau on Feb 15, 2011 8:02 AM EST reply actions

Me too

Especially since I know someone who is named Jorge and “hip, hip, Jorge” is how everyone greeted him in the hallway the entire year he was at our school.

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by twinsgirl197 on Feb 16, 2011 7:47 PM EST up reply actions

Sounds Interesting!!!!!

by LittleLad on Feb 15, 2011 9:21 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Brief Baseball America write-up:

http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=10905

Nice job Twins. Keep these international signings coming!

by Luke in MN on Feb 15, 2011 10:44 AM EST reply actions

Looks pretty raw

But he is only 17. He’s got the size and the arm. Could be good in a few years.

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by cmathewson on Feb 15, 2011 11:23 AM EST up reply actions

Quantity's the thing

keep adding these young guys and a few of them are bound to make it. I’m really liking the Twins aggressiveness in the international area. Kudos to the FO and ownership.

by Gunnarthor on Feb 15, 2011 11:47 AM EST up reply actions

Very intriguing.

The fact that he’s already got a semblance of secondary pitches is interesting. From what I’ve been reading that is not common. Add that in with his size and already decent velocity and you’ve got a nice high upside prospect, good job Twins.

Peyton's good but have you ever heard of Jeff George?

by halfchest on Feb 15, 2011 11:51 AM EST reply actions

These are the kind of signings that make a ton of sense...

it’s like having extra draft picks. The risk is very low (you’re talking $500K or less in general) and the upside is still high. Makes a ton of sense.

by DJSkillz on Feb 15, 2011 12:55 PM EST reply actions

+1

Exactly

by twinscrazy_german on Feb 15, 2011 2:20 PM EST up reply actions

So we went out and got Sano, Jorge, and we were in on Chapman. Kudos, Bill Smith.

by Brady Eyestone on Feb 15, 2011 1:41 PM EST reply actions

Also in on the two biggest Japanese players this year (obviously we got one of them).

by Luke in MN on Feb 15, 2011 2:08 PM EST up reply actions

yeah I like the Japaneese players less in recent years though

It almost seems like a bit of an outlier for the Twins, I hope they arn’t quite this agressive every year

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by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Feb 15, 2011 2:55 PM EST up reply actions

i prefer they do well in the draft first, then Asia, Germany, Austrailia come next

I called it - Joe Mauer's first career Home-Run at Target Field !!!

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and now he acts as if he is a know it all NFL analyst" -favre

by SteveHoffmanSlowey on Feb 15, 2011 2:56 PM EST up reply actions

I'm hoping for a play on Darvish next year.

by Han Joelo on Feb 15, 2011 6:27 PM EST up reply actions

would be awesome...

but I think he’ll cost too much.

I bet he ends up with the Yanks (rotation is still thin), BoSox (they have the Japanese inroads and he could essentially replace Dice-K’s money after 2012) or Mets (same as Yanks).

by DJSkillz on Feb 15, 2011 11:17 PM EST up reply actions

Iwakuma

They could make another play for Iwakuma while everyone else is considering Darvish.

by DJL44 on Feb 16, 2011 9:49 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs

could make sense...

but Darvish is supposed to be a 1 or a 2. Iwakuma is more likely a 4 or 5. The Twins have plenty of those. Really, we should only make a play for a starter next year if he’s a 1 or 2. Because right now we have a major logjam in 2012:

Liriano
Gibson
Baker
Wimmers
Slowey
Pavano
Duensing
Blackburn

And that’s not even considering:
Bromberg
Swarzak
Manship

by DJSkillz on Feb 16, 2011 2:24 PM EST up reply actions