Giants Yenier 12-Bello C Create 1/24/14 12:52 pm
MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez reports that Cuban catcher Yenier Bello has been cleared by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control and is free to sign with a major league team.
Bello, 28, left Cuba for Ecuador early last year and later established residency in Mexico, but he wasn't eligible to sign with an MLB club until finally being cleared by the OFAC earlier this week. The right-handed hitter batted .274 with 13 homers in Cuba’s La Serie Nacional league in 2011 and belted 75 longballs and drove in 297 runs overall in his last five seasons in his native country. Sanchez says that the Dodgers, Cubs and Blue Jays are three clubs that have been linked to Bello. Jan 24 - 11:33 AM
http://www.rotoworld.com/player/mlb/7578/yenier-bello
I think Bello has to be a 13- and can't be signed unless drafted ... or, if not drafted, until after the draft is completed.
I don't believe this is correct
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Okay with me ... but others are aware now. My guess is that he will still get to draft him.Dodgers wrote:Agreed, Nils PMed me to change him to a 13 and I told him he jumped the gun. Wasn't going to draw attention to it so that other people don't get the idea to draft him then Nils can pick him at 188. What do you guys think?