July International Signees
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Tapate50
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I saw mention of a "bit of a funky swing" that raised an eyebrow. Not much else in details.
Yeah but they also said he was the only guy at the event not to swing and miss at any pitches.
Tapate50
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Hello Orioles.
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Teams blowing past their cap - unable to enter the Maitan bidding next season (unless they traded for enough extra slot $$$)...
2014
Yankees
Red Sox
Rays
Angels
Diamondbacks
2015
Cubs - Cap was $3,230,700, spent $7,650,000.
Dodgers - Cap was $2,020,300, spent $20,100,000+.
Phillies - Cap was $3,041,700, spent $4,200,000+.
Giants - Cap was $2,130,900, spent $6,000,000.
Royals - Cap was $2,074,000, $3,750,000.
Blue Jays - Cap was $2,324,100, spent $3,900,000.
2014
Yankees
Red Sox
Rays
Angels
Diamondbacks
2015
Cubs - Cap was $3,230,700, spent $7,650,000.
Dodgers - Cap was $2,020,300, spent $20,100,000+.
Phillies - Cap was $3,041,700, spent $4,200,000+.
Giants - Cap was $2,130,900, spent $6,000,000.
Royals - Cap was $2,074,000, $3,750,000.
Blue Jays - Cap was $2,324,100, spent $3,900,000.
keithlaw
Playing the Waiting Game
None of those teams can offer more than $300,000 to any player next year regardless of how large their pool is. Its why we decided to blitz the market in 2016 rather than this year.
Yup left them off...thanks.
Depends on how much that is worth. I think the Phils would need to get back around 1 mil total (maybe a smidge more) to not be 10% over their pool from this year.
ETA: The #1 slot is well over 1 mil (they gained 2.35 mil from the trade total), so yeah, looks the Phils will be able to spend in the international signing for 2016. How much money anyone has in the pool next year really doesn't matter all that much though, we will likely be blowing past our spending pool next year (the Phils will just be more competition for players).
Deester11
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I guess the biggest thing is that we should be significantly higher than the competitiion and to me, I don't care if we blow it all on Matian, but the rumor is that we are in the mix for most of the top 10 International free agents for 2016.
We can spend as much as we want next year, there is no upper cap, just depends what upper limit the ownership and management allows. SO we could blow our pool on Matian and still go after a good portion of the top 10. We'd just lose the ability to spend sign in 2017 and 2018, but with a new CBA coming up this year there is a good chance we'll have an international draft added, so that won't matter anyway.
Tapate50
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As long as we plan on blowing the doors off the spending cap in 2016...
Outfield Prospect Jorge Ona Leaves Cuba
By Mark Polishuk [July 5, 2015 at 7:19pm CDT]
Jorge Ona, a 19-year-old outfielder from Cuba, has left the island to chase an MLB contract, Baseball America’s Ben Badler reports. Despite not much playing time in Cuba’s Serie Nacional, Ona still ranked sixth on Baseball America’s list of the top 20 prospects still in Cuba (as of April) due to strong performances for the Cuba junior national leagues and in international tournaments.
Ona is a 6’2″, 192-pound right-handed hitter with “a quick, compact swing from the right side, plus raw power and a strong arm in right field.” In a longer scouting report within that top-20 prospects piece (open to BA subscribers), Badler noted that Ona showed good athleticism in as a fielder and “showed a good approach [at the plate] for his age,” though “gauging plate discipline and pitch recognition can be difficult in a brief look.” Badler projected Ona would be a first-round draft pick if he were eligible for the North American draft.
Ona’s lack of Serie Nacional experience and his age will make him subject to international draft pools, and since he was born after Sept. 1, 1995, he would have had to have registered by last May 15 to be eligible for the current international prospect class. Ona therefore won’t be eligible to be signed until July 2, 2016, and since he’ll surely command more than a $300K bonus, that will eliminate a number of teams from his market. The Angels, Blue Jays, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Giants, Rays, Red Sox and Yankees are all prohibited from spending more than $300K on any one player in the 2016-17 international signing period due to exceeding their spending pools in either of the last two signing periods.
Outfield Prospect Jorge Ona Leaves Cuba
By Mark Polishuk [July 5, 2015 at 7:19pm CDT]
Jorge Ona, a 19-year-old outfielder from Cuba, has left the island to chase an MLB contract, Baseball America’s Ben Badler reports. Despite not much playing time in Cuba’s Serie Nacional, Ona still ranked sixth on Baseball America’s list of the top 20 prospects still in Cuba (as of April) due to strong performances for the Cuba junior national leagues and in international tournaments.
Ona is a 6’2″, 192-pound right-handed hitter with “a quick, compact swing from the right side, plus raw power and a strong arm in right field.” In a longer scouting report within that top-20 prospects piece (open to BA subscribers), Badler noted that Ona showed good athleticism in as a fielder and “showed a good approach [at the plate] for his age,” though “gauging plate discipline and pitch recognition can be difficult in a brief look.” Badler projected Ona would be a first-round draft pick if he were eligible for the North American draft.
Ona’s lack of Serie Nacional experience and his age will make him subject to international draft pools, and since he was born after Sept. 1, 1995, he would have had to have registered by last May 15 to be eligible for the current international prospect class. Ona therefore won’t be eligible to be signed until July 2, 2016, and since he’ll surely command more than a $300K bonus, that will eliminate a number of teams from his market. The Angels, Blue Jays, Cubs, Diamondbacks, Dodgers, Giants, Rays, Red Sox and Yankees are all prohibited from spending more than $300K on any one player in the 2016-17 international signing period due to exceeding their spending pools in either of the last two signing periods.
