46. . Aderlin Rodriguez 3B – Rookie – 17/yrs.
In July 2007, The Mets signed 16-year old Dominican 3B Aderlin Rodriguez, which included a bonus of $500,000+.
From: http://www.prosportsdaily.com/: Assigned 3B Aderlin Rodriguez (2008, Dominican Republic) to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League. The bulky (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) third baseman signed for $600,000 last summer. Now he follows in the footsteps of Wilmer Flores, Jefry Marte and Cesar Puello, three Mets’ top international signees from ’07 who debuted in the U.S. rather than in Latin America
As most fans already know, the Mets don’t spend much time promoting their International signings, so, when you do read something about one, you tend to think of that prospect as being something special.
This one looks for real.
A-Rod finally surfaced during the season and played the remainder of the 2009 season for the GCL Mets. As a 17-year old: .290/.389/.387/776, in 62 at bats.
In February 2009, Baseball America listed him as the 30th Mets prospect.
Forecast: Let’s see… A-Rod is this year’s Wilmer Flores, who was last year’s Hector Pellot… or was it that Juan Legares is the next Jose Reyes? What I’m trying to say is, it doesn’t take a village to make a professional baseball player. It takes 3-4 excellent seasons at different minor league levels. Rodriguez has passed test one. 2010 should bring a promotion to either Kingsport, or Brooklyn and we’ll see.
In July 2007, The Mets signed 16-year old Dominican 3B Aderlin Rodriguez, which included a bonus of $500,000+.
From: http://www.prosportsdaily.com/: Assigned 3B Aderlin Rodriguez (2008, Dominican Republic) to the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League. The bulky (6-foot-3, 220 pounds) third baseman signed for $600,000 last summer. Now he follows in the footsteps of Wilmer Flores, Jefry Marte and Cesar Puello, three Mets’ top international signees from ’07 who debuted in the U.S. rather than in Latin America
As most fans already know, the Mets don’t spend much time promoting their International signings, so, when you do read something about one, you tend to think of that prospect as being something special.
This one looks for real.
A-Rod finally surfaced during the season and played the remainder of the 2009 season for the GCL Mets. As a 17-year old: .290/.389/.387/776, in 62 at bats.
In February 2009, Baseball America listed him as the 30th Mets prospect.
Forecast: Let’s see… A-Rod is this year’s Wilmer Flores, who was last year’s Hector Pellot… or was it that Juan Legares is the next Jose Reyes? What I’m trying to say is, it doesn’t take a village to make a professional baseball player. It takes 3-4 excellent seasons at different minor league levels. Rodriguez has passed test one. 2010 should bring a promotion to either Kingsport, or Brooklyn and we’ll see.
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