Last time we talked about him he was going to throw a side session for a lot of teams...
"Earlier this week we noted that a report from ESPN The Magazine's Jorge Arangure Jr. that said the Red Sox have made a three-year offer for $15.5 million to Aroldis Chapman, the Cuban defector.
Arangure checked in with a report from a throwing session in Houston, where Chapman topped out at 96 mph on the gun. A number of team reps attended, from Boston and the Yankees down to the Pirates and Marlins.
Arangure reported Wednesday that Chapman is simply waiting for offers now (ESPN)."
The article goes on to say that teams question why a kid with such great stuff never really dominated in the Cuban leagues. I think this is just Chapman not being developed correctly. Teams are saying that his secondary stuff is better then it was when he pitched in the WBC. They also say that he has put on about 15 pounds of muscle, which is a good sign that he can continue to get strong. He doesn't throw 100 MPH like people thought, but they always overrated that kind of stuff with international players, and I hope he will be a Red Sox by the end of all this...
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