Post by noetsi on Jun 7, 2019 23:09:55 GMT -5
www.pinstripealley.com/2018/8/12/17678542/yankees-international-amateur-free-agent-signings-alexander-vargas-osiel-rodriguez
"These dollars were immediately spent to sign top available talent. Switch-hitting shortstop Alexander Vargas (ranked number eight by MLB Pipeline) and right-handed pitcher Osiel Rodriguez (number ten) — both from Cuba — headlined the haul. Outfielder Kevin Alcantara (No. 11, Dominican Republic) and catcher Antonio Gomez (No. 12, Venezuela) were joined by right-handed pitcher Denny Larrondo (No. 30, Cuba).
The quintet of players cost the Yankees a total of $5.25 million in signing bonuses. This marked the second straight year that the club landed five of the top 30 — including four of the top 12 — international amateur free agents.
International signings are critical to the continued on-field success of an organization like the Yankees, which almost never receives a high first-round pick in the June amateur draft. The Bombers have only had six top-12 draft picks in the last 50 years. The most recent one came all the way back in 1992, when the team selected Derek Jeter with the sixth overall pick. To get four top-12 ranked prospects in one swoop is really something. That the Yankees did it two years in a row is even better....The current roster also boasts a trio of stars who were inked by the Yankees as international amateur free agents. Two-time All-Star Luis Severino (2011), 2016 Rookie of the Year Award runner-up Gary Sanchez (2009), and 2018 ROY contender Miguel Andujar (2011) were all signed out of the Dominican Republic. Andujar was MLB Pipeline’s No. 18 ranked international amateur prospect when signed with the Yankees for $750,000."
"These dollars were immediately spent to sign top available talent. Switch-hitting shortstop Alexander Vargas (ranked number eight by MLB Pipeline) and right-handed pitcher Osiel Rodriguez (number ten) — both from Cuba — headlined the haul. Outfielder Kevin Alcantara (No. 11, Dominican Republic) and catcher Antonio Gomez (No. 12, Venezuela) were joined by right-handed pitcher Denny Larrondo (No. 30, Cuba).
The quintet of players cost the Yankees a total of $5.25 million in signing bonuses. This marked the second straight year that the club landed five of the top 30 — including four of the top 12 — international amateur free agents.
International signings are critical to the continued on-field success of an organization like the Yankees, which almost never receives a high first-round pick in the June amateur draft. The Bombers have only had six top-12 draft picks in the last 50 years. The most recent one came all the way back in 1992, when the team selected Derek Jeter with the sixth overall pick. To get four top-12 ranked prospects in one swoop is really something. That the Yankees did it two years in a row is even better....The current roster also boasts a trio of stars who were inked by the Yankees as international amateur free agents. Two-time All-Star Luis Severino (2011), 2016 Rookie of the Year Award runner-up Gary Sanchez (2009), and 2018 ROY contender Miguel Andujar (2011) were all signed out of the Dominican Republic. Andujar was MLB Pipeline’s No. 18 ranked international amateur prospect when signed with the Yankees for $750,000."