International Signings Thread

[BimboColesHair]

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70 grade name right there

 

[AZ_]

 

[BimboColesHair]

Yeah...give me Guaimaro please...

 

[AZ_]

Marcos Gonzalez, ss, Dominican Republic (No. 27 prospect)
Nehemias Celestin, 3b, Dominican Republic
Gaspar Palacios, ss, Venezuela

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/inte...national-signing-tracker/#mZpTTf6ZcXz9mX8i.99

 

[macbdog]

Marcos Gonzalez, ss, Dominican Republic (No. 27 prospect)
Nehemias Celestin, 3b, Dominican Republic
Gaspar Palacios, ss, Venezuela

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/inte...national-signing-tracker/#mZpTTf6ZcXz9mX8i.99

At the request of several players’ families and teams, with the exception of any record-breaking deals, we will not be reporting the signing bonuses for any Venezuelan players at this time.

How terrible is this?

 

[BimboColesHair]

Marcos Gonzalez, ss, Dominican Republic (No. 27 prospect)
Nehemias Celestin, 3b, Dominican Republic
Gaspar Palacios, ss, Venezuela

Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/inte...national-signing-tracker/#mZpTTf6ZcXz9mX8i.99

Added 3 more:

Carlos Vargas - RHP - 275,000
Jeikol Contreras - 3B - 100,000
Jesus Maestre - 2B - Protected Venezuelan amount...

Must really like Vargas...gave him more money than the SS on BA's top 50...

 

[AZ_]

Yeah...give me Guaimaro please...

 

[AZ_]

 

[BimboColesHair]

About time.

 

[AZ_]

 

[BimboColesHair]

Word is it’s going to be a very good International signing group this year for the Indians...better than last years which was arguably their best to date.

 

[Amherstcavsfan]

Why does it seem that the Indians do so well in South America and the Caribbean?

Is it former players? Massive investment?

 

[AZ_]

Why does it seem that the Indians do so well in South America and the Caribbean?

Is it former players? Massive investment?

Quickest gun in the West.

The area remains largely unregulated. It’s all about contacts and the buscones who push kids and develop them from their early adolescence.

Indians have one of the best player development teams out there, domestic and international.

 

[chumpclassic]

Word is it’s going to be a very good International signing group this year for the Indians...better than last years which was arguably their best to date.

MLB bringing the hammer down in recent years has a lot to do with that. It evened the playing field down there.

 

[AZ_]

BA International Signing Preview:

Cleveland Indians

Last year the Indians went after two offensive-minded players, outfielder George Valera and shortstop Aaron Bracho, as their top two signings. They look like they’re taking a similar approach in 2018, with two offensive-oriented shortstops their top targets. One is Gabriel Rodriguez, who was the shortstop for Venezuela’s 15U national team last summer, has a strong hitting track record and is one of the top overall prospects in the class. The other is Junior Sanquintin, a switch-hitting shortstop out of the Dominican Republic with good bat speed expected to land a bonus of a little more than $1 million.

Dominican shortstop Angel Martinez, the son of former big league catcher Sandy Martinez (currently the Nationals’ Dominican field coordinator and Dominican Summer League manager), is also linked to the Indians, as is Dominican outfielder Sterling Romero, with both players expected to sign for around $500,000. Jesus Lara, a bat-first shortstop out of Venezuela with a strong track record of hitting performance in games, is another player connected to Cleveland. They’re also expected to sign Dominican shortstop Jose Baez, the younger brother of their all-star third baseman Jose Ramirez, likely for a low six-figure deal once he turns 16 on Aug. 30.