2025 International signings?

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I saw a MLB trade rumors article mentioning the Twins, specifically that we'd signed someone the Dodgers released from a verbal commitment, likely to save their pool for Roki Sasaki.

Not gonna try to summarize everything else. There are links to who all we've signed so far, and i bet names will be added between now and the next time someone checks it.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/01/international-free-agent-signings-2025-mlb.html

 

But yeah, i figured this was worth discussion....

 

Addendum:

Minnesota Twins ($7,555,500 pool)

Santiago Leon, SS, Venezuela
Carlos Taveras, OF, Dominican Republic
Haritzon Castillo, SS, Venezuela
Teilon Serrano, OF, Domincian Republic
Santiago Castellanos, RHP, Venezuela
Jose Barrios, SS, Venezuela
Joyner Perez, OF, Dominican Republic
Jhomnardo Reyes, OF, Dominican Republic
Aaron Salazar, C, Venezuela
Juan Quiñones, LHP, Venezuela
Darwin Almanzar, SS, Dominican Republic
Cristian Bonifacio, OF, Dominican Republic
Jamesson Val, 3B, Haiti
Daniel De La Valle, C, Colombia
Eliezer Lucena, RHP, Venezuela
Rainer Marin, RHP, Venezuela
Eli Urena, RHP, Dominican Republic

(i assume in the order the person on the website hears about them)

according to: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-international-signings-tracker/

Edited January 16, 2025 by sampleSizeOfOne
changed subject to this year, and added list.

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I assume lack of discussion reflects the fact no one knows these players rather than no one uses this forum.

[ashbury]

24 minutes ago, sampleSizeOfOne said:

I assume lack of discussion reflects the fact no one knows these players rather than no one uses this forum.

In the classic Sherlock Holmes mystery, "The Adventure of Silver Blaze," the master sleuth proved conclusively that the dog did not bark because the dog didn't exist.

[AlwaysinModeration]

Here is a breakdown by team:
https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2025-mlb-international-signings-tracker/
 

Aside from the fact that there 300+ 16 year old signed on a single day reflecting a messed up system, it’s interesting to look at the breakdown of where these kids are from.

The vast majority are from the DR and Venezuela, maybe just ballparking here 50% and 45% respectively.

Cuba appears next, then Colombia (Twins have one), then Mexico.  Then there a few from Panama, and then really just a random assortment of countries; Japan, Aruba, Bahamas, Nicaragua, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, Italy, Haiti (Twins), and most unusual Uganda.

This seems like a pretty big market inefficiency.  Are 90%+ of the talented 16 year old baseball players in the world (outside of the U.S.) really from the DR or Venezuela?

 

 

 

[sampleSizeOfOne]

I don't know.

I am sure there are lots of factors that go into national distribution of prospects signed.

And barking does usually have existence as a prerequisite. I sure hope Watson followed that logic.

[sun]

A short article on MLB dot com about some of the top international prospects that the Twins signed. 

https://www.mlb.com/milb/news/twins-2025-international-signings?=mlb-pipeline-coverage

 

[RpR]

Quite awhile back one team signed several Cricket pitchers, maybe the Twins should have a look at some Cricket player for fielding

 

[Jaka23212]

On 1/31/2025 at 9:58 AM, sun said:

A short article on MLB dot com about some of the top international prospects https://knife-market.com/ that the Twins signed. 

https://www.viberate.com/spotify-analytics/

Twins used their $7.56M bonus pool wisely—13 of Top‑30 prospects from international signings