Signing Chapman will be a good move….he has no MLB experience, but talent like that doesn’t come around too often.

Is his talent that he can get the radar gun to triple digits? Otherwise, what is his particular talent? Most scouts I have read (like Klima here) have said he has, at best, two pitches, relies completely on his fastball, and lacks the consistent, pinpoint control a pure fastball hitter needs to have to get out professional hitters.

I don’t think he’s pitched in serious competition in quite some time, and when he last faced tough opposition he fell apart (emotionally and in his game).

We’ll see how serious his representation is, but up to now all the teams have been offered is a chance to watch him pitch a bullpen session, and not against live bats.

If that’s all they’re offering, then pass. He could be an interesting project, but his agents have been demanding he be compensated like a 6-year veteran, not like a 21 year old rookie. There are too many trapdoors to place a lot of eggs in his basket (the metaphor Cuisinart is back from the repair shop).

Fern Cuza and Diego Bentz, who represent many Dominican players, like Pedro Martinez.

His prior representation did do a lot of groundwork for Chapman, but they were seemingly out of their depth when it came to negotiation on his behalf.