July 2nd: International amateur signings

[dabynsky]

As of today the new signing period for international amateurs begins and the new CBA limits kick in. Teams can spend up to 2.9 million without penalty and if I read the CBA correctly up to 4.99% of that without losing draft picks. It will be interesting to see what guys the Cubs nab after being big spenders last year.

 

[dabynsky]

And fangraphs has a new article that tells me I am wrong about the penalties.
Rule Changes In The International Market | FanGraphs Baseball

Basically if you overspend you lose the ability to sign players over a certain dollar amount next year. 5-10% is 500k and 10-15% is 250k. So expect the Cubs to go up to that 5% over limit.

 

[Jntg4]

International Prospects
1. Franklin Barreto, ss/cf, Venezuela
2. Luis Torrens, c, Venezuela (video)
3. Jose Mujica, rhp, Venezuela (video)
4. Alexander Palma, of, Venezuela (video)
5. Gustavo Cabrera, of, Dominican Republic (video)
6. Jose Castillo, lhp, Venezuela (video)
7. Luiz Gohara, lhp, Brazil
8. Carlos Belen, 3b, Dominican Republic (video)
9. Luis Castro, ss, Venezuela
10. Wendell Rijo, ss, Dominican Republic (video)
11. Amed Rosario, ss, Dominican Republic (video)
12. Amaurys Minier, ss, Dominican Republic (video)
13. Richard Urena, ss, Dominican Republic (video)
14. David Rodriguez, c, Venezuela (video)
15. Deivi Grullon, c, Dominican Republic (video)
16. Julio de la Cruz, 3b, Dominican Republic (video)
17. Jose Almonte, rhp, Dominican Republic
18. Sergio Alcantara, ss, Dominican Republic
19. Frandy de la Rosa, ss, Dominican Republic (video)
20. Jose Pujols, of, Dominican Republic (video)

#11 signed with Mets

 

[dabynsky]

Giants got #5 and Twins got #12. Giants spent 1.3 million of their 2.9 million pool on him.

 

[Jntg4]

About half have already signed actually I guess

 

[Jntg4]

Baseball America | Blog | Baseball America Prospects Blog | Top 20 International Prospects Tracker

 

[dabynsky]

Jays have already got 2 of the top 10. Have I mentioned how smart their GM is recently? I am really curious to see if the Cubs make a push for any of the big names or are going more for numbers.

 

[Anno Catuli]

So today the new spending limits kick in for draft picks too? Or was that rule started immediately upon agreeing to the new CBA?

 

[dabynsky]

Today is when the spending limits take effect.

 

[Anno Catuli]

So theoretically then the Cubs could have had one more balls to the wall spend your ass off draft, as long as all the picks that you wanted to over spend on were signed by today?

 

[dabynsky]

No anyone signed today counts to the cap. You had to sign amateurs prior to July 2nd to avoid the cap. The catch being that most of the good ones were only eligible to sign today. The only exceptions were Cubans that defected like Soler and Puig.

 

[Anno Catuli]

Gotcha

 

[Jntg4]

Anno is confused with this and the draft methinks

 

[Anno Catuli]

Just other the draft signing and the Cuban signings mixed into the same group asking if today was the kick in day for signing players from both

 

[dabynsky]

Some buzz that the Cubs are close to getting SS Frandy de la Rosa (19th best prospect according to BA) for 700k.

 

[dabynsky]

The article mentioning the Cubs close to signing Frandy de la Rosa is mlb.com. So I think we got him. Here is a short video on MLB.com about de la Rosa:
Baseball Video Highlights & Clips | Top International Prospects: Frandy De La Rosa, SS - Video | MLB.com: Multimedia

 

[Rice Cube]

Here's the BA article:

Baseball America | Blog | Baseball America Prospects Blog | Cubs Sign No. 19 International Prospect Frandy De La Rosa

I'm going to change the title to reflect the international signings thread then.

 

[dabynsky]

Very little info about him besides his smooth swing from both sides of the plate.

 

[Rice Cube]

Very little info about him besides his smooth swing from both sides of the plate.

As long as that smooth swing translates to murdered baseballs and not strikeouts

 

[dabynsky]

It is a shame someone corrected him because Phil Rogers was wowing us with his baseball knowledge by posting that today was the last day before signing bonus limits kicked in. Danny Knobler sent him a tweet correct him, and it was changed to something else about how teams are going to try to get around the new caps.