July 2 is the first day that Major League Baseball teams can sign international players...the top player this year is the 16-year-old Dominican shortstop Miguel Angel Sano...it has been reported that the Pittsburgh Pirates are ready to offer Sano a $3 million signing bonus...Last year the Oakland A's set the standard by giving a $4.25 million bonus to Michael Ynoa (Inoa)...so what has Inoa been up to in the minors?...
First off, there is some confusion with his name...his real name is Michel Ynoa, but the Athletics "Americanized" his first name to be Michael...as far as his last name goes...through a mix-up or just plain poor hand writing, the press reported that his name began with an "I"...but this past February Ynoa got it straightened out...
Ynoa is a 6'7", 17-year-old pitcher from the Dominican Republic...Ynoa was being offered by the Texas Rangers, Cincinnati Reds, and New York Yankees...however he signed with the Athletics, even though they offered him less money, because of how they handle pitchers...
The Washington Nationals should be aware of Ynoa before they cave into the ridiculous demands of supposed pitching phenom Stephen Strasberg...this past week the Athletics shut down Ynoa indefinitely after he complained of elbow soreness...Ynoa had been doing a throwing program at the Athletics minor-league complex in Phoenix...the team was hoping he would pitch in the Arizona Rookie League this summer...
The Athletics were hoping Ynoa would be able to pitch in the Majors in 2011...
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