Major League Baseball’s website says the Toronto Blue Jays signed Eric Pardinho, a teenager from Brazil, on July 2. Pardinho is a pitcher. He can throw a baseball over 145 kilometers per hour. That is just about the average speed of a fast pitch in Major League Baseball. But Pardinho should get even better. After all, he is only 16. If Pardinho makes it to the major leagues, he will be only the fourth Brazilian-born player to play at that level. Cleveland Indians catcher Yan Gomes was the first. Pardinho was rated as the fifth-best international prospect by MLBPipeline.com. He throws right-handed and is only 1.72 meters tall, which is short for a pitcher. He received over $1 million for agreeing to play in the Blue Jays’ organization. Pardinho said he was six years old when he started playing. His uncle saw him playing paddleball on the beach and thought he might make a good baseball player.
Title: Brazilian Teenager Signs Contract With Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1966/blue_jays_teen.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Brazilian Teenager Signs Contract With Baseballs Toronto Blue Jays' data-article-id='2484'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='13708'>Major League Baseball’s website says the Toronto Blue Jays signed Eric Pardinho, a teenager from Brazil, on July 2.</span> <span data-start-time='13708' data-end-time='16313'>Pardinho is a pitcher.</span> <span data-start-time='16313' data-end-time='22938'>He can throw a baseball over 145 kilometers per hour.</span> <span data-start-time='22938' data-end-time='30104'>That is just about the average speed of a fast pitch in Major League Baseball.</span> <span data-start-time='30104' data-end-time='34000'>But Pardinho should get even better.</span> <span data-start-time='34000' data-end-time='37875'>After all, he is only 16.</span> <span data-start-time='37875' data-end-time='47500'>If Pardinho makes it to the major leagues, he will be only the fourth Brazilian-born player to play at that level.</span> <span data-start-time='47500' data-end-time='53333'>Cleveland Indians catcher Yan Gomes was the first.</span> <span data-start-time='53333' data-end-time='63375'>Pardinho was rated as the fifth-best international prospect by MLBPipeline.com.</span> <span data-start-time='63375' data-end-time='73833'>He throws right-handed and is only 1.72 meters tall, which is short for a pitcher.</span> <span data-start-time='73833' data-end-time='81500'>He received over $1 million for agreeing to play in the Blue Jays’ organization.</span> <span data-start-time='81500' data-end-time='87313'>Pardinho said he was six years old when he started playing.</span> <span data-start-time='87313' data-end-time='96917'>His uncle saw him playing paddleball on the beach and thought he might make a good baseball player.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1966/blue_jays_teen.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div 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