http://www.sbnation.com/users/HubertL Posts made by HubertL on SB Nation http://www.crawfishboxes.com/2008/7/2/563588/where-is-our-international HubertL Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:56:29 -0000 <p>anyone remember that we had a tryout camp at Latin America and it reported that astros vow to sign at least 1 or 2 top prospects (1M+ signing bonus).</p> <p>A's sign the top arm Inoa for 4.2M out-dule Reds(5M) and Rangers(5.25M) with better player development plan. Yankee fire their vice president of international operations because they fail to get Inoa(not offering 6M?? lol).</p> <p>Learn quickly please, McLane!&nbsp; Astros always react slowly, take 5 year to figure out the price tag of Ace(after 5 years RJ gone then they know they should give big money to Oswalt); take 2 year to figure out the slugger's price tag (Beltran gone then paid to Lee).</p> <p>Wake up!! No longer premium prospects for couple thousands, the world is changing quickly.</p> <p>Padres are never a generous team on both payroll and draft, but you know what? They plan to spread 8.5M+ on international free agents signing this year.</p> <p>Reds also pushing hard in IFA, don't surprise if they spent more than 5M this year on that.</p> <p>We used to be good at IFA digging, but we are falling behind in this decade.</p>