Edgar Mercedes has made a fortune taking bets. So when the bookie saw 13-year-old Michel Inoa throw 78 mph off a mound in 2005 he knew that the lanky, 6-foot-3 right-hander was worth the wager. He’s workable. He’s workable, Mercedes kept saying to himself as he thought of the adjustments he would make to Inoa’s delivery: the flick of his wrist, the angle of his waist. Mercedes, whose own career as a catcher had been derailed by injuries, had found the next best thing to being a professional ballplayer — developing them.”*
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July 23rd, 2008
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