Remember the name Aroldis Chapman

According to ESPN's Buster Olney, the big off-season free agents won't be Matt Holliday, Jason Bay or even John Lackey.

It will be 21 year old  left handed pitcher Aroldis Chapman, who just recently defected from Cuba..

His fastball has been clocked at 101 - 102 MPH with a plus curve and plus slider..

Chapman pitched for Cuba during the World Baseball Classic in March, where he posted a 5.68 ERA in 6 1/3 innings. Reports during that tournament listed Chapman's age as 26.


In an interview with the Times, Yale University professor Roberto González Echevarría, the author of The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball, called Chapman "the most promising young pitcher" to leave Cuba since Fidel Castro took over in 1959.

"He throws at a 100 miles per hour, he is more polished than most young pitchers at his age," González Echevarría told the Times. "He is a really hot property, and it will be interesting to see how much teams pay to sign him."

Hopefully it will be the Mets...But the Yankees also have interest..