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PGStaff posted:

MIDATLANTICDAD,

Guess what, the percentage of pitchers having TJ surgery from the Dominican is exactly the same percentage of pitchers having TJ surgery here.  Since they play year around, shouldn't it be much higher?

 

Is that only the pitchers who are signed to pro contracts or all the pitchers in the DR regardless of level?

 

Stats,

We have well over 100 Dominican's attend our showcases every year.  In fact we just finished a showcase in Florida that had many Latin Americans including a dozen or so Dominicans.  Several of them are pitchers 15-16 years old.  Dominicans can sign at age 16.  Couple were throwing in the 90s, one up to 94 that will end up very happy he was there.

The idea that Dominicans don't showcase would be wrong.  If anything the top Dominican players showcase as much as the top Players here.

 

100, 500, or 5,000 isn’t the point. What percentage of all players attending any of your showcases are from the DR? That brings up another question. If the DR is such a poverty stricken country, where are the players coming to the showcases getting the $$$$? It seems to me that between the air fare, lodging, food, and cost of the showcase we're talking well over $1,000 minimum.

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