BLUE JAYS INTERNATIONAL SIGNINGS
By ROCKET SPORTS and ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK on August 30, 2011FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COURTESY OF The TORONTO BLUE JAYS
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have signed the following amateur free agents to professional contracts.
Name Pos. Birthplace Ht/Wt Birth date
Osuna, Roberto RHP Los Mochis, Mexico 6’3”/230 2/7/1995
Becerra, Wuilmer OF Bejuma, Venezuela 6’4”/190 10/1/1994
Gonzalez, Jesus OF Cumana, Venezuela 6’1”/200 1/11/1995
Cordova, Manuel RHP Margarita, Venezuela 6’3”/190 1/17/1995
Tirado, Alberto RHP Nagua, Dominican Republic 6’1”/177 12/10/1994
Labourt, Jairo LHP Azua, Dominican Republic 6’4”/200 3/7/1994
Del Rosario, Yeyfry RHP Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic 6’2”/180 5/27/1994
OSUNA, BECERRA, GONZALEZ and CORDOVA were all ranked by Baseball America in the top 40 of projected signing bonus ranking 4th, 5th, 21st and 33rd respectively.
OSUNA is the nephew of former Major Leaguer RHP Antonio Osuna, while BECERRA is the son of Wilmer Becerra, former Cardinals scout and well-known Venezuelan star. Along with SS Dawel Lugo (6th ranked) and RHP Osmar Gutierrez, who both signed in July, the club has now signed a total of nine international free agents from Latin America.
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