The Twins have reached agreement on a deal with former Braves prospect Yunior Severino, as MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez was first to report on Twitter. Severino will receive a $2.5MM bonus, so long as his physical checks out.
Severino was one of the prospects that was stripped from the Atlanta organization for its international signing violations. Unlike the others, he’ll now receive more in bonus money than he did initially. (He’ll get to keep his initial $1.9MM payout, too.)
It seems the Twins will be dipping into next year’s pool money for the signing. The ad hoc rules put in place for this group of players allow for teams to use either their current pool or next year’s pool, but not both. Minnesota shipped out a big chunk of its remaining 2017-18 availability on Wednesday in a pair of deals (here and here), leaving insufficient funds to accommodate Severino.
Severino, a switch-hitting middle infielder who recently turned 18, slashed .286/.345/.444 in his 206 plate appearances in the Gulf Coast League in 2017. He’s known more for his bat, as that showing suggests, but seems to have quite some promise. Indeed, he’ll end up scoring a larger second signing bonus than did the more heralded Kevin Maitan, who signed recently with the Angels for $2.2MM.
Twins really want to beat the Yanks in the Postseason. World series is secondary at this point.
Come on now….
Yes… and an 18-year-old prospect just pushed them over the edge?
If beating the Yankees over winning a WS is their goal. Well that sounds like the mantra of a looser organization.
“ . . . that sounds like the mantra of a looser organization.”
And what would the mantra of a tighter organization be?
It’s nice to at least discuss the postseason for a change.
was sad we didn’t maitan but it looks like we think this guy is better
Wonder what the Jelfrey Marte kid’s gonna get.
Long term this is gonna be the kid out of the group that losing hurts the most I don’t believe Maiten will live up to the hype
Step out of those Stanton discussions Cash !?!?