IBC

Hey guys, can I get a ruling on him so that I can use the roster spot if I'm not going to be able to keep him? Majority out of five seems fair to me.

I'll look over everything at some point tomorrow. Too many papers to write tonight. Hopefully we can all do some diligence on it within the next day so the roster spot isn't held hostage by us.

From everything I have been able to find and read he signed somewhere between 3/21/2010 and 4/1/2010

As far as I can tell, the news reports have him signing with SF on 4/1, which would make him eligible (though the lack of disclosed terms makes me feel somewhat uncomfortable). I'd say that he's eligible, but in the future, I agree with your post, Brett, that we should just set a Jan 1 (or whatever) deadline for these players to have IBC eligibility.

I'll let JP weigh in and see if he offers a dissenting opinion before I chime in because I don't follow international signings at all and have no idea who this guy is, so basically I don't want my lack of knowledge to have an impact

Everything I've read has him signing on 4/1 or 4/2. Including a Spanish-sister newspaper in Miami which said

El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish language sister of The Miami Herald, reports the San Francisco Giants have signed Cuban P Reinier Roibal. No terms were disclosed.
April 2

Tim Dierkes of MLB Trade rumors - yeah yeah I know it's a website but it's extremely accurate- has him signing on 4/1 or 4/2 as well with some spanish source as well. I just can't see anything to rule him ineligible.

Based on the above research, looks like he's good to me.