Wagner Mateo -- the 16-year-old outfielder who received a $3.1 million bonus, the most ever given to an amateur Latin American position player -- is having vision problems that may affect his contract status with the St. Louis Cardinals, according to several Latin American baseball sources.
The sources indicate that the Dominican-born Mateo has recently undergone several eye examinations and that the Cardinals are waiting for results to see if Mateo has a degenerative condition that would impair his future as a baseball player. If so, it's possible that the Cardinals would take action to reclaim all or part of that record bonus.
