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Esmailin Caridad (STAFF PHOTO/PAM DAVIS)
Esmailin Caridad (STAFF PHOTO/PAM DAVIS)
By Steve Holley

Date: May 9, 2008

There are over 50 pitchers of Latin American descent that are listed in the minor league registry of the Cubs 2008 media guide. Of them, nearly all were signed as teenagers from their native homelands. One exception was a 22-year-old right-hander whom the Cubs signed on the spot this past December in the Dominican Republic.

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