The Cleveland Indians have signed 17-year-old catcher Martin Cervenka from the Czech Republic to a standard seven-year minor league contract. Cervenka becomes the first European baseball player in the Cleveland organization.
Cervenka played most of last season with Kotlarka of the Czech Second Division, but also made some appearances with the Prague Tegolta Titans of the Extraleague, batting .214 over six games. Cervenka’s contract with the Indians allows him to continue playing with Kotlarka in 2009.
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This kid isn't just your verage run of the mill prospect. The Indians really did their homework on this kid. He was a 15 year old playing and dominating college kids in Europe, and would guess that he's got a prmomising future once he gets to the US and gets developed in a good system with competition. Which is what this kid needs at this point, a challenge to his skills ...he's never had that with consistency, and once he gets that his potnetial will begin to be born.. I see him making waves in the majors by the time he's 20, 21 ..
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