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International Notes: Keithron Moss, Bolsinger, Wagner

By Kyle Downing | December 13, 2017 at 5:00am CDT

The Rangers have signed 16-year-old shortstop Keithron Moss, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America. Moss, a native of the Bahamas, trained at the Max D Sports Academy and will get a bonus of $800K. As I noted when the club signed Yenci Pena recently, the Rangers are finding other ways to allocate the large bonus pool (about $3.5MM) they were saving in part to gain an advantage in the competition for Shohei Ohtani. The switch-hitting Moss is 5’10” and weighs 170 pounds. Ben Badler of Baseball America (insider subscription required and recommended) describes him as, “mostly a line-drive hitter with gap power and a bit more sock from the right side of the plate.”

A couple of other items from outside the United States…

  • Mike Bolsinger has signed with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan, J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group tweets. Bolsinger posted an ERA north of 6.00 across his past two seasons with the Blue Jays and Dodgers, but has had some success in the past. Most notably, the right-hander had a 3.62 ERA and a 53.1% ground ball rate with L.A. in 2015. Bolsinger began his career with the Diamondbacks after the club selected him late in the 2010 draft.
  • Elsewhere in Japan, the Seibu Lions signed right-hander Neil Wagner to a deal worth $750K (via Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.CA). The contract is for one year, and comes with a potential $300K in incentives. The 33-year-old righty joined the Indians organization as a 21st round selection in the 2005 draft, but although he’s been with six different organizations, he’s only pitched in the majors in parts of three seasons. Across 53 MLB innings, Wagner has a 4.92 ERA, but a 4.08 xFIP estimates that he’s been nearly a full run better. He averages 96.2 MPH on his fastball and has excelled in limiting hard contact (26.8 hard%), but his 1.45 career WHIP may have been a deterrent for major league clubs.
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  1. tommyl

    8 years ago

    Bolsinger’s claim to fame: mlb.com/video/stanton-leaves-dodger-stadium/c-1125…

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  2. jimmertee

    8 years ago

    Bolsinger failed miserably at the majoe league level. The fact that he pitched so much for the Jays in 2017 showed how poorly the Shapiro/Atkins gmt staff did of evaluating talent at the major league level. Sad. Nothing seems to have changed for 2018 so far.

    Thae Jays have holes at #1 and #3 starters position, yet the Shapiro/Atkins are standing Pat. Don’t expect too much from the Jays unless they drastically upgrade the rotation [among other things].

    Isn’t the goal to win a championship?

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