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Angel Villalona sues Giants for illegal breach of contract

Oh here go hell come.

An AP report published on ESPNDeportes.com says that Angel Villalona, the former Giants prospect from the Dominican Republic accused of murdering a man in 2009, is suing the Giants for illegal termination of his contract.

Here’s the link: http://espndeportes.espn.go.com/news/story?id=1355469&s=bei&type=story It’s all in Spanish. What I gleaned from it was that he’s seeking $10,400 in lost wages and $5 million in additional damages in a suit filed August 8.

Villalona pleaded no contest to the charges. The prosecutor in Villalona’s murder trail was quoted as saying the charges were dropped. Villalona’s name was removed from a list maintained by Major League Baseball that kept him from playing pro ball in MLB.

The document outlining all of these issues–including Villalona’s suit against his former team–states that the team must make a decision on his contract status within five days.

Villalona was quoted as saying he cannot comment on the Giants’ decision about his contract, but he’s working hard in the D.R. to get back to baseball.

Oh boy.

I don’t know anything else about this story at this time. I don’t know how much access I could get to sources in the D.R. concerning this as it’s an extremely sensitive issue. But if I do get anything on it, before or after I leave, it’ll be here.

The only commentary I have on this is from a prospect angle. Villalona spent the last two years out of organized ball altogether. He had a bad rap for lackadaisical training and work ethic. He was underperforming before this all went down. So if he does make it back into the Giants org, I can’t say he’d be a top prospect all over again. Legal issues aside, he’d have to do a ton of work to prove he’s worth his initial $2.1 million investment, then to prove he’s worth all the additional trouble.

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Thanks. Obviously your translator is not exactly correct, but it is close enough. You can get what they are saying. Thanks for taking the time to translate it for us.

I used an online translator to translate the whole Villalona article. Here it is: Villalona demand Giants Comments Send to a friend Print AP HOLY Sunday -- Angel Villalona, former leaflet of the San Francisco Giants who was charged with murder in 2009, sued his Major League team by five million dollars, alleging unlawful violation of their contract. The demand was notified to the organization in California in its academy in Boca Chica the August 8, and it accuses the Giants to keep Villalona outside action despite the fact that in January the office of the Major Leagues Baseball notified him that it was no longer in the restricted list. In the legal document, which The Associated Press received a copy, the demand for Villalona calls for $10,400 in wages not received and five million dollars of compensation for the material and moral damages experienced. It is also required to the Giants take a decision in relation to their contractual status within a period of five days. "At this very moment we are conversing with the lawyers of the team, which have been very receptive, and in the coming days would be coming to an agreement, since the intention of our client is not litigation with the computer that both loves, nor much less benefit economic, but in continuing to his professional career, giving everything to be proud of your computer and the country", said the attorney of Villalona, Miosotis Sansur, in an e-mail to AP. The representative of the San Francisco Giants in the country, Paul Peguero, confirmed that they have received the notification of the document, and said that the management of the whole analyzed the situation. "The notification we received spoke that we must take a decision to maintain it in the computer or dismiss him. Already the Major Leagues took him out of the restricted list and is a management decision on what will be done', he said. Villalona is practicing in La Romana, about 100 kilometers east of the Dominican capital, and recently played in a league. "I'm practicing and working hard because i want to recover my career baseball', said Villalona. "I cannot speak about the process with the Giants, but i can only say that i want to return to play'. Villalona was accused of the murder of Mario Jesus Velete in September 2009 and pleaded not guilty in December 2010, according to the judgment of the court of the Judicial District of La Romana. "Villalona was downloaded by a charge of manslaughter and does not currently weighs no charge against him. There was not enough evidence and that is why it was downloaded', said the prosecutor of La Romana, Jose Polanco

I don't speak Spanish, but from this paragraph it would appear that the two parties are settling out of court: "En estos precisos momentos nos encontramos conversando con los abogados del equipo, que se han mostrado muy receptivos, y en los próximos días se estaría llegando a un acuerdo, ya que la intención de nuestro cliente no es litigar con el equipo que tanto ama, ni mucho menos sacar provecho económico, sino el de seguir su carrera profesional, dando todo de sí para ser orgullo de su equipo y del país", dijo la abogada de Villalona, Miosotis Sansur, en un correo electrónico a AP. BTW, when the heck are the Giants going to sign some Haitian or Ancient Roman prospects, so I put my French and Latin to use??

I suppose they could be settling out of court. The two sides are talking, at least. And hey, don't you remember Angel Joseph? He was born to two illegal Haitian immigrants living in the DR but couldn't sign with the Giants because the family couldn't get his birth documents from Haiti and no such records existed in the DR. Let's hold out hope for prospects in Martinique or Guadeloupe. They speak French in Aruba and Curacao too, IIRC.

Chris, If you've dyed your hair blonde recently, please try to avoid Aruba.

I'm a part time redhead so I should be okay.

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