international signings Stories - South Side Sox
Royals Net Top International Prospect Elier Hernandez
Wasting no time in making a splash in the international free agency market, the Royals have signed Elier Hernandez, deemed by Baseball America to be the top international prospect eligible for signing this summer (Edit: I have to admit that I misread what that list was exactly. It was a ranking of...
Are the Tigers Getting in Line for Aroldis Chapman?
SI.com is reporting that the Detroit Tigers are jumping into the pool of teams interested in signing 21-year-old Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman. The words "get in line" come to mind, however, when you look at the list of clubs angling for a chance at the 6'4" kid with the 102 m.p.h. fastball. Of...
White Sox Smartly Silent on International Signing Day
Today marks the first day of baseball's international signing period, the designated time period when clubs can legally sign international amateurs most of whom are just 16 years old. The White Sox are not expected to make any significant splash, with some speculating that they will not hand out a...
Catching Up on the International Signing Period
I've been out of the loop for a couple important days in prospect land, so let's get right to it. SaberScouting: The Yankees have also made their signees official: - INF Giancarlo Arias- C/3B Jackson Valera- OF Ramon Flores- SS Anderson Felix- RF Yeico Calderon As mentioned above, Felix...
Wednesday Pebble Report: Happy International Signing Day!
Happy International Signing Day! A couple things to note about the Rockies that we've learned in years past: Don't expect the team to be in on the biggest fish or perhaps even mentioned at all in important signings today. While the buscones have been busy playing relative newcomers to the market...
On the Wilder Fiasco
A Quick Recap Last Friday, taking a page out of the maybe they'll ignore it if we release this on Friday Bush Administration's book, the White Sox announced the firing of player personnel director Dave Wilder and two Dominican area scouts. While details were non-existent, I speculated that the...
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