So much for Angel Villalona's prospect status?

by joltinjoe on Nov 14, 2009 4:33 AM EST

Apparently he's had his visa revoked and is facing a 20 year prison sentence for killing a man in a bar fight. I guess all that speculation on his upside and power potential was wasted effort.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091113&content_id=7664896&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb&partnerId=rss_mlb

"Angel Villalona, a top prospect for the San Francisco Giants, has been stripped of his U.S. visa after he was charged with killing a man in his Caribbean homeland, The Associated Press reported Friday.

Pablo Peguero, the Giants' representative for Latin America, told the AP that Villalona, 19, can't join the team in the United States because the U.S. Embassy in the Dominican Republic has revoked his visa."

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This should come as a surprise to nobody at this point.

Fans are typically idiots.

by The Typical Idiot Fan on Nov 14, 2009 4:53 AM EST reply actions

+1

This isn’t exactly breaking news.

by FI2 on Nov 14, 2009 11:55 AM EST reply actions

The part about him getting his visa revoked is

by aCone419 on Nov 14, 2009 3:46 PM EST up reply actions

Well

I really don’t see how one could expect an accused murderer to be allowed to continue his residence in the United States, when he was a never a citizen of the United States to begin with.

I think its good policy.

by CoolCat23 on Nov 14, 2009 6:17 PM EST up reply actions

I think he meant this was the first he heard of it...

by alskor on Nov 14, 2009 10:32 PM EST up reply actions

+1

I should have been more clear but yeah this is what I meant. Accused murderer has visa revoked is not exactly breaking news.

by FI2 on Nov 15, 2009 12:47 AM EST up reply actions

But he still has his tools..... ugh. This is why make-up is important in scouting.

"I couldn't do that. Could you do that? Why can they do it? Who are those guys?"

by maxisagod on Nov 14, 2009 12:53 PM EST reply actions

FYI

They signed him when he was 16…

I’m not going to make the obvious points here, you can put that together yourself.

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by JD Sussman on Nov 14, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions

if he's found not guilty...

and gets his visa back, will the Giants take him back, knowing that he paid off that family?

by AgitationStation on Nov 14, 2009 3:57 PM EST reply actions

I'd really have to doubt it

He’s still so raw anyway, that now probably missing a whole season to deal with this will hamper his development enough that teams won’t want to mess with a combo of:
1. possible murderer
2. willing to try and pay his way out of trouble
3. who knows what other makeup issues that could pop up

by slickterp on Nov 14, 2009 8:29 PM EST up reply actions