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International Free Agent Update: Friday

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 3, 2009 at 11:48am CST]

Some updates on teams' moves and strategies as the international signings continue:

Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports that the A's are focusing on Venezuela, rather than the Dominican Republic this year, since they believe prices are too high in the Dominican.
In Derrick Goold's St. Louis Post Dispatch article, Cards GM John Mozeliak admits there's risk in signing a 16-year-old like Wagner Mateo to a bonus of $3.1MM, but says he's serious about being "more aggressive" in Latin America because the payoff can be huge.
Kiley McDaniel of Baseball Prospectus says Yankees signee Gary Sanchez will start his pro career this year, unlike most international prospects.
ESPN.com's Jorge Arangure Jr. reports that the Astros signed lefty Kirby Pena for $350k.
Arangure Jr. reports that the Red Sox signed a second player named Alcantara, this time it's righty Mario Alcantara. He receives a $350k bonus.

Comments

I think you have to be very selective in the DR. Ages have to be verified and now that drugs are out of the picture I think you are going to see some changes in development.
Personally I'd like to see the $$ put into US players although I'd always be on the lookout for pitching wherever I could find it.

Posted by: Dortmunder | July 03, 2009 at 11:28 PM

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