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"\"&lt;p&gt;The Milwaukee Brewers aren&amp;#8217;\\u2122t known for being a big player in the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ninternational marketplace for players. The organization wants that to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nchange.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;In July, scouts in Latin America reported that righthander Rolando&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nPascual was the best unsigned talent in the Dominican Republic.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWednesday, the Brewers confirmed they had signed Pascual, a 6-foot-6,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n195-pounder, to a contract.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;One international scout with a different organization said the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBrewers gave Pascual a $710,000 signing bonus. While assistant general&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmanager Gord Ash and Fernando Arango, Milwaukee&amp;#8217;\\u2122s Latin American&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nscouting supervisor, would neither confirm nor deny the bonus amount,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nArango said, &amp;#8220;There&amp;#8217;\\u2122s a big leaguer who signed for that amount, Felix&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHernandez,&amp;#8221; Arango said. &amp;#8220;So I hope that number is a good omen.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;The Brewers jumped into the Pascual bidding because he fits the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nprofile of the kind of prospect they are willing to spend significantly&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto sign, Arango said. He has some present ability, with an average&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npresent fastball (in the 87-93 mph range), and it projects to be an&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nabove-average pitch. He has some physical maturity as well as&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nprojection, and enough mental maturity to handle coming to the United&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nStates to play in 2006. The Brewers don&amp;#8217;\\u2122t have a Latin American&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nacademy, so any Latin players they sign must be ready to come to the&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nU.S. immediately and be ready to play in Rookie ball.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;This kid has broad shoulders, long arms and big hands,&amp;#8221; Arango said&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfrom his Miami-area home. &amp;#8220;He was 12 pounds when he was born&amp;#8217;\\u201dI heard&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthe scream from his mother. He&amp;#8217;\\u2122s got good size.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;Rolando&amp;#8217;\\u2122s mechanics are pretty fluid. He has a real easy arm action&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nto go with his size. He has the ability to spin a breaking ball pretty&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ngood. His biggest thing is going to be getting command of his breaking&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nball. His changeup at times needs a lot of work and at times it&amp;#8217;\\u2122s&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npretty good. He has a high ceiling.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Ash said the Brewers had to have several factors come together to&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nmake the Pascual signing happen. The Brewers didn&amp;#8217;\\u2122t have a second-round&lt;br \\/&gt;\\npick this year (for signing free agent Damian Miller) and saw Pascual&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nas an opportunity to make up for that. They also like his ability,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nobviously. But Ash acknowledged big-picture issues also came into play.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;We need to send a signal that our organization will be a player in&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthat marketplace,&amp;#8221; Ash said. &amp;#8220;We want players and agents to know our&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nclub will do what it takes to sign talented players in Latin America.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWe signed (righthander) Roque Mercedes last year for significant&lt;br \\/&gt;\\ndollars, but not for anything like Pascual.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;#8220;The previous administration signed (Class A middle infielders)&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nHernan Iribarren and Alcides Escobar, but we have a slightly different&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nphilosophy in that we&amp;#8217;\\u2122re targeting a higher level of player, and we&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nhave confidence Rolando will be that kind of player.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;Pascual, born in February 1989, has cleared the bureaucratic hurdles&lt;br \\/&gt;\\n(getting a visa, proving his age, etc.) and is expected to fly to Miami&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nthis week. He&amp;#8217;\\u2122ll then report to Arizona for instructional league.&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nBecause the status of the lower minors has yet to be determined (Major&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLeague Baseball&amp;#8217;\\u2122s proposed changes have yet to be approved by owners),&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nAsh said he wasn&amp;#8217;\\u2122t sure where Pascual would begin his pro career. He&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nsaid as the minors are currently constructed, Pascual would either&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nspend 2006 in the Rookie-level Arizona or Pioneer leagues.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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