Comments on: Revisiting the death of a Nationals prospect two years later http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Mon, 20 May 2013 06:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jarathen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-451207 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:17:01 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301277#comment-451207 I have a co-worker who has family involved in baseball facilities in Venezuela and he made it sound like it’s a far better life than most of them would have otherwise. It was kind of sobering to see it put out there so matter-of-factly.

]]> By: officialgame http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-451128 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 00:55:54 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301277#comment-451128 Yes I believe the Nationals run their so called Academy worse then others. I know for a fact the Dodgers and Phillies have professional high end facilities.

]]> By: DelawarePhilliesFan http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-451016 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:35:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301277#comment-451016 Certainly the Nationals should take a long look at how they handled this, and yes, it raises many many questions for them. And a lot of comparisons Mother Jones made are just realities of supply and demand (of course a 21 year old will sign for more then a 16 year old, they are more proven).

That said MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL needs to take a long look at theo they handle their carribean operations, because this could have happened to any team. This is just sad, very, very sad. Tragic, and completely avoidable. This kid was treated like a peice of produce

]]> By: DelawarePhilliesFan http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-451014 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:32:06 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301277#comment-451014 What do you mean “of course they would be treated differently”?

]]> By: jwbiii http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-450958 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:24:50 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301277#comment-450958 Two points: The Nationals committed $10M to Bryce Harper. Yewri Guillen probably signed for about $5k, which probably doubled his family’s income for the year. Of course they would be treated differently. Second, do you think that the Nationals run their Dominican academy in a worse way than any other team does?

]]> By: baseballer28 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-450944 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:02:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301277#comment-450944 I knew I hated this organization for a reason…pieces of shit counldn’t even help one of their own players. I wonder what they would have done if that was Bryce Harper.

]]> By: jarathen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-450876 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:34:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301277#comment-450876 It really is. I think of a guy like Nick Adenhart, who died because a chronic drunk ran a light, and that’s a shame. A terrible, terrible shame. But this poor kid died because people who could take action did not. Baseball should treat these people as just that – people – and not chattel. Lord knows they have the money.

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/03/04/revisiting-the-death-of-a-nationals-prospect-two-years-later/comment-page-1/#comment-450870 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:25:09 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=301277#comment-450870 It’s the side dark side of Dominican baseball, the side my people don’t like to talk about, how these boys are exploited. Willingly exploited, but when you live on a poor island with few options, what choice do you really have? A lot of them don’t want reform either because they’re afraid the lifeline to the US will be cut, and MLB will search elsewhere for cheap talent.

What happened to Yewri was an easily avoided tragedy. Hopefully, he won’t have died in vain.

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