Pito Abreu has completed his demonstrations in the Dominican Republic and has made it clear that his talent will park nowhere else than in the MLB. Now, he only needs to wait and meditate on the rain of offers that will fall on him from the big leagues.
During Monday and Tuesday sections the Cienfuegos became involved in training at the sight of dozens of scouts who traveled from the U.S. to Quisqueya only to see the Cuban live. The press, that was delighted to be allowed to witness the tryouts, notes that first baseman without much complication, passed over the game exams.
According to Baseball America, Abreu was showcased at the plate; hit the ball hard at pitches at more than 90 miles per hour. In the home plate he was seen serene, passive, showing good hitting zone, making them feel the power of his wrists.
“With the bat he was very good, better than I expected, faced live pitching. There they were throwing all kinds of pitches and he hit hard. I’m talking about balls at over 90 miles per hour and he looked comfortable at the plate,” said Juan Alvarez, scout for the Cleveland Indians to the New Herald.
As the showcase advanced, Pito was somewhat tired, exhausted by training, he is not yet definitely at one hundred percent of his capacity. But this is not to worry; fatigue was expected after considerable time without being properly trained.
Without doubt, the Cuban is serious. Scouts from most MLB franchises attended the showcase, and even, several general managers took the time to take a break to check with their own eyes the wonder boy from Cienfuegos.
“His physique is amazing and my perception is that many teams are making plans and running numbers. We’ll see if he sparks a price war,” Alvarez said.
Truly, this is where the race begins to get José Dariel, once he has shown what was said about him and has set the bar at a considerable height. It is believed his contract will be somewhere in the neighborhood of $ 50 million. Yankees, Red Sox, Pirates, Nationals, Texas and some other team that wants to fight for the Cuban player, and are arranged in blocks of starts to try to get first to the finish line and take him home.
