Age is Just a Number.. Or is it?

So we have Dayan Viciedo, 19-years-old, hoping to play for the White Sox, and now we have 19-year-old Esmailyn Gonzalez for the Washington Nationals. But wait..he's not 19 and that's not even his name! He's actually 23-year-old Carlos Avarez Daniel Lugo. (According to Sports Illustrated). 

Fantastic! Like we need any more corruption in baseball. Lying about his age definitely devalues him as a player and sources from SI said that he couldn't run very well and only had an average arm. For not being so great, he was definitely paid well. He earned at $1.4 million signing bonus on July 2, 2006. 

Even better, the kid err well adult, was well-known and pretty darn good. In July 2006 the Nationals signed a "16-year-old" shortstop and general manager Jim Bowden compared him to Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith. When he was still known as "Smiley" Gonzalez he was honored as the leagues MVP in 2008.  Kind of ridiculous for a youngin' if you ask me.

Team president Stan Kasten is clearly ticked off and said in a Mercury News article, "Im very angry. We've been defrauded. And make no mistake: This wasn't a college kid with a fake ID."

This is just another thing to add to the baseball fraud list. What happened to the game we all knew and loved?