兩週前洋基才以85萬美金簽下的多明尼加的16歲的游擊手Damian Arredondo，經大聯 盟官方調查後，發現是使用假名年紀也不只16歲。洋基原本看上了他的強肩和兩條腿，據 傳他60碼只要6.4秒。 根據大聯盟的規定，球員如果使用假名或假年紀，一年內將不得和球隊簽約。大聯盟 將與多明尼加合作績極查緝使用假名及假年紀，此外也防杜當地的訓練員和經紀人從球員 簽約金中詐取高比率的佣金。 洋基營運的資深副總Mark Newman表示還沒有收到大聯盟官方正式的通知，但洋基不會 損失任何的金錢，因為付出的簽約金原本就視調查的結果而定。Newman表示感謝，尤其調 查的速度很快，希望官方也迅速查清目前未簽約的IFA實際的狀況。 (謎之聲，Aroldis Chapman之前透露消息，他沒有虛報年紀他不是26歲，而且事實上他還 更幼齒，年紀其實還比登錄少六個月，當初國際賽登錄的生日是1987年9月11日，但實際 上他是1988年2月28日出生的) 而根據經紀人Brian Mejia表示用三百萬簽下的多明尼加籍的捕手Gary Sanchez, 則通 過了多項的調查證實他的身份是沒有問題的。 Source: MLB nixes Yanks' signing of player with fraudulent identity http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ By Melissa Segura, SI.com A top New York Yankees prospect is not who he claims to be, sources tell SI.com. Two weeks ago, the Yankees signed a shortstop purporting to be 16-year-old Damian Arredondo from the Dominican Republic to an $850,000 bonus. Now Major League Baseball's Department of Investigations has determined that Arredondo is not the player's real name and that he is older than 16. The Yankees signed the player they thought was Arredondo on July 2, the first day that major league teams are permitted to sign international free agents as young as 16. The Yankees were impressed with the switch-hitter's strong arm and speed -- he reportedly ran a 60-yard-dash in 6.4 seconds. According to a new Major League Baseball rule, a player found to have used a fraudulent identity or to have misrepresented his age cannot sign with another club for one year. Major League Baseball has recently increased its efforts to deter identity fraud in Latin America by hiring new investigators and dispatching other investigators from its New York City office to oversee the process. In general, sources say that MLB will be working with authorities in the Dominican Republic to bring criminal charges against the orchestrators of fraud -- often the trainers and agents who stand to make large percentages of the prospects' signing bonuses. Mark Newman, the Yankees Senior Vice President of Baseball Operations, says that he has not received official notification of the outcome of the Arredondo investigation. The Yankees did not lose any money on the prospect because his bonus was contingent on the outcome of the investigation. Newman expressed gratitude that the investigative process was swift, allowing the team time to continue searching for prospects among the pool of free agents who have not yet been signed. Last week, the Yankees also signed Dominican catcher Gary Sanchez, for $3 million. According to his agent, Brian Mejia, Sanchez has already passed multiple investigations. --

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