A’s Make Big Signing

Baseball America is reporting that the A’s and 16-year old Michael Inoa of the Dominican Republic have agreed to a contrat with a $ 4.25 million signing bonus. This kid is 6 foot 7, and at 16 has been clocked at 96 mph on his fastball, but is regularly about 91-93 mph. He is supposed to have an excellent curveball and a “dirty” splitter. It is nice to see the A’s continue to build their farm system, and this kid has me excited for the future. He is projected as a 1 or 2 starter potentially, and with our already good amount of young arms in the rotation and on the farm, things look good for the future as far as pitching is concerned.