St. Louis signed two 16-year-old left-handed pitchers: Dewin Perez (6-foot, 175 pounds) from Cartagena, Colombia, and Alirio Negrette (5-foot-11, 176 pounds) from Maracaibo, Venezuela, as well as 16-year-old Jose Godoy, a 5-foot-11, 180-pound catcher from Maracaibo, Venezuela. The Cardinals also signed Eliezer Alvarez, a switch-hitting shortstop from Santiago, Dominican Republic. Alvarez, 16, stands 5-foot-11 and weighs 165 pounds.
Perez and Godoy are the best in the group of players. Baseball America reported that Perez received a bonus of $450,000 and that Godoy will receive $200,000.
Along with those four players, the Cardinals also signed righty Luis Arias (6-foot-3, 180 pounds) to what the team called a 2012 future services contract. Arias, 17, is from Bonao in the Dominican Republic.
All agreements are pending the passing of a physical, MLB background checks and the players' ability to obtain U.S. visas.
According to Jeff Luhnow vice president of scouting and development, this group of young players are good enough to be added to the Cardinal organization.
Source: Matthew Leach
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