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From Keith Law on the Pirates signing of baseball's first Lithuanian prospect (ESPN Insider only, I think):

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The Pirates... signed RHP Dovydas Neverauskas, the first baseball prospect signed out of Lithuania, for $60,000. Neverauskas is all projection at this point, with a fastball up to 88 mph and a tall, lanky build. His delivery is awkward and unclean, and he has no viable second pitch, but he does have some run on his fastball. He turned 16 in January...

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Extremely young with at least some intrigue for relatively little, so it sounds good to me. Are the Pirates positioning themselves as one of the more expansive international scouting programs?

about 1 month ago Avatar_1_tiny wickethewok 5 comments 0 recs  | 

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International thinking.

If nothing else, Huntington has done a good job getting his scouts to think internationally. It’s one thing to scout Latin America. Everyone does that, even when Littlefield was in charge, he’s the one who hired Rene Gayo. But you never heard of the Pirates signing guys from South Africa, Korea or Europe during the Littlefield years. It’s a very refreshing change.

by IAPiratesFan on Sep 25, 2009 10:26 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

I think it’s interesting that we’ve signed no one from the Dominican this period as of yet (I think).

by God Loves on Sep 26, 2009 11:21 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

His delivery is awkward and unclean, and he has no viable second pitch, but he does have some run on his fastball. He turned 16 in January…

Damn, he’s already 16 and he doesn’t have a hammer curve or flawless mechanics? Don’t they have any coaching in Lithuania?

by WTM on Sep 26, 2009 12:33 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Don’t they have any coaching in Lithuania?

I think they have a goat that eats baseballs. Does that count?

by wickethewok on Sep 28, 2009 5:06 PM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Pirates' Lithuanian prospect

Neverwinskas can join the Pirates’ Indian farmhands, Rinku and Dinku, in extended Spring training.

Lino Donoso

by Lino Donoso on Sep 27, 2009 12:19 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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