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Don't know if anyone saw this already or if it was discussed in a thread that I missed but the Cardinals are rumored to be offering $4 mil for the 16-year-old Mateo to sign.  He is considered one of the top three prospects in the Dominican Republic. 

I find it interesting that the Cardinals are willing to spend $4 mil on a 16-year-old from a country with shady birth records and not $7 mil on a top-notch high school pitcher in the first round of the draft, i.e. Porcello.   Has there been a study conducted yet on burn out rates of Carribean and Latin American players?  I think it would be interesting in knowing the risk of signing a 16-year-old from the DR compared to a 18-year-old high school kid from the States.