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Carlos Rivero: A case study in signing international talent

Found May 25, 2011 on Phuture Phillies:
I’ve been meaning to write up an article on Carlos Rivero, but more specifically, an article about the risk of signing 16 year old free agents out of Latin America, and how their developmental time frame is different from US … Continue reading →
Original Story: http://phuturephillies.com/2011/05/25...
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