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Fausto Carmona arrested in Dominican Republic for using false identity
Jorge Arangure of ESPN.com passes along word from reporter Yancen Pujols that
Indians right-hander Fausto Carmona was arrested in the Dominican Republic
and is being charged with using a false identity.
According to Pujols, Dominican police arrested Carmona–whose real name is
apparently Roberto Hernandez Heredia–while he was leaving the American
consulate after renewing his visa.
Last month Marlins reliever Leo Nunez was arrested in the Dominican Republic
when it was discovered that his real name is Juan Carlos Oviedo.
Oviedo was later released from jail and the incident didn’t stop the Marlins
from tendering him a contract and signing him for $6 million to avoid
arbitration, so based on how that played out Carmona/Heredia may not be in
serious trouble either. However, he may struggle to get a visa in time for
spring training.
Carmona/Heredia finished fourth in the Cy Young award voting in 2007, going
19-6 with a 3.06 ERA in 215 innings as a 23-year-old rookie, although now
perhaps he wasn’t actually 23 and since then he has a 5.01 ERA in 645
innings. Back in October the Indians exercised their $7 million option on
Carmona/Heredia despite his 5.25 ERA in 32 starts last season.
UPDATE: Dionisio Soldevilla of the Associated Press reports that
Carmona/Heredia is actually 31 years old, not 28 as everyone believed. That
means his standout rookie season came at age 26 and could give the Indians a
way to void his contract.
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Roberto Hernandez Heredia ( aka. Fausto Carmona )
換簽證的時候被多明尼加警方逮捕, 罪嫌是使用假名
這是繼 Juan Carlos Oviedo ( aka. Leo Nunez ) 之後, 本季第二個被逮出來的
春訓回不回的來都是個問題。
PS. 他的真實年齡為 31, 少報了三歲