Wow, it's like he made some kind of deal with the devil for millions of dollars, and now the devil is claiming his soul.

Could the Indians just void the deal if they wanted to? His contract was signed with the phony name, and they could argue that he defrauded them with the age info.

germ78: and...
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/very obscure
//file name betrays the reference

I saw the film while half asleep, I still don't know what the hell I saw

Fausto hasn't been Fausto since 2007.

"Little is known at this time about the arrest, or who the real Roberto Hernandez Heredia might be"

But isn't he the real Roberto Hernandez Heredia? Shouldn't the question be who is the real Fausto Carmona?

FishyFred: Leo Nunez (pops) is the other guy I was talking about.

I know they're the marlins and they apparently think they're gonna have mad amounts of cash from moving to a new ugly stadium...but WHY IN THE WORLD did they give Juan Leo Carlos Nunez Oveido 6 million for next year?

"Albert Pujols" seen quietly re-checking his bank account balance.

Lux Lambert: [i238.photobucket.com image 445x500]

Holy Crap! that is awesome!

/Just another day in the life of a Cleveland sports fan/

First green light for this clevelander. Woot

Ordinary Average Guy: Lux Lambert: [i238.photobucket.com image 445x500]

Holy Crap! that is awesome!

/Just another day in the life of a Cleveland sports fan/

Eh, this is a distant second to the part-time Japanese gay porn star relief pitcher they signed a few years ago.

He's the proverbial "player to be named later".

what's in a name?

It's called "Dominican Math" for a reason.

I would have been shocked if he turned out to actually be 28.

Generation_D: Cleveland Indians pitcher Fausto Carmona has been arrested in the Domincan Republic for using a false identity.

So he was impersonating a major league pitcher?

First thought thought that came to my mind.

FishyFred: 1. Isn't this the second time this has happened since September? This is like a new plague on MLB.

I approve of this plague. It's hilarious.

cleveoh: Ordinary Average Guy: Lux Lambert: [i238.photobucket.com image 445x500]

Holy Crap! that is awesome!

/Just another day in the life of a Cleveland sports fan/

Eh, this is a distant second to the part-time Japanese gay porn star relief pitcher they signed a few years ago.

Actually I was talking about the inidians troll

ChrisDe: He's the proverbial "player to be named later".

Nice!!!

I like his song on the YouTube (pops)

WHAR BIRF CERTIFICATE FAUSTO Roberto WHAR?!?

/oblig in any Indians thread

So, he's on essentially a one-year contract for $7MM this year. Which honestly, is about right for him whether he was 28 or 31. That being said, it's very unlikely his options for the next two years get picked up ($9MM in 2013, $12MM for 2014). The bigger issue for the Indians is the Visa thing.

Getting a Visa to work in the US is hard enough. But there's a very real chance the authorities in the DR won't allow him to get one at all, and it's unlikely that he will get one anytime soon. So you can pretty much bank on him missing some spring training time, and if he doesn't miss some of the season... that would be a small miracle.

That being said, it's not all bad. If he can't play due to Visa issues, the Indians can simply place him on the restricted list (like the Marlins did with Nunez). They won't have to pay him while he's on that list, but they won't have to release him or void his contract either. And the Indians have several major league ready options in AAA at their disposal if #55 isn't ready to go (Jeanmar Gomez being the best of them).

/An agent goes up to a 20 year old Dominican pitcher, and asks "Have you ever heard of the tale of Faust?"
//"No... why?"
///"No reason. Your name is now Fausto. You are also 17... take these papers... and you'll be getting pro baseball money in no time!"

Little is known at this time about the arrest, or who the real Roberto Hernandez Heredia might be





/got nothin'