Oct 15, 2011; Arlington, TX, USA; Texas Rangers managers Ron Washington (left) and general manger Jon Daniels celebrate a victory for game six of the 2011 ALCS at Rangers Ballpark. Mandatory Credit: Matthew Emmons-US PRESSWIRE

Most teams thought that Beras was only 16 which meant two things: He would only be eligible to sign July 2 and would be subject to the new international signing limits. By him being a year older, he was eligible right away with no restrictions. The Rangers wanted him so badly that they did extra research which showed his true age and signed the contract.

The impact of Beras is not negligible. He was the star of the international signing season and instantly becomes part of a top-3 of Jurickson Profar and Mike Olt. Beras is an outfielder and his signing bonus was for $4.5 million.

The one-year suspension means that Beras will make his North American professional debut next year and adds to the Rangers depth of young, high-ceiling prospects in their minor league system. Beras will be allowed to attend the Rangers academy during the suspension, but cannot play in any league until next July.

Jairo Beras

9:09am: The Rangers signed 17-year-old Dominican outfielder Jairo Beras for $4.5MM, tweets Dionisio Soldevila. For more on Beras, check out this article from Yahoo’s Tim Brown and this brief Twitter scouting report from ESPN’s Keith Law.

Law notes that a lot of team executives are unhappy with the signing, because they were under the impression Beras was not eligible until July 2nd. With a listed birth date of December 25th, 1995, Beras wasn’t thought to be 17 yet, adds Baseball America’s Ben Badler.

From MLBTradeRumors.com. After reading this, I was immeadiately excited beyond belief. Jon Daniels is unmatched at finding the best international talent and bringing it to Arlington, see Alexi Ogando. Not long after, at around 11 AM, another tweet was tweeted:

Teams will be furious if MLB approves the Rangers’ reported contract with Beras, tweets Badler. Still, a source who has spoken with the Rangers told Yahoo’s Jeff Passan the team thinks MLB will approve the signing, because other clubs knew of Beras’ revised age.

Confused as I was, I retained my excitement and expected to see something real soon on ESPN. All I recieved was another tweet that sunk my hopes quite a bit:

MLB was under the impression Beras is 16 and therefore ineligible to be signed, tweets Passan, and will immediately investigate the signing.

Now, my emotions were headed downhill in a very quick fashion. Even though the MLB investigation system has been flawed lately.

The next tweet pretty much stomped my feelings about this good news into the ground:

MLB and competing executives believe Beras is 16, Passan writes. Beras has been presenting himself as a 16-year-old, Ben Badler of Baseball America reports. If he’s using a new date of birth, he could be in trouble beyond MLB, according to Badler.

Dreams Crushed. Hopes gone for this kid. Oh well, JD will always come through. Until next time, Go Rangers.