2015 International Signings

[phins]

Thought maybe it should have its own thread.

Seijas is the victim of big bonus expectations that eventually cratered when the available money was largely spent. He's expected to settle for a high six figure bonus with the Cardinals and is a smaller righty with some effort to his delivery, but consistently shows three average or better pitches with good feel for his craft. There isn't much margin for error for him to turn into a league average starter, but he's by far the most advanced of any arm in this class and he's so young that he doesn't need physical projection to improve by a good bit.

Then they signed a SS named Ravy Alfaro who is a speedy type who needs his glove to have a big league hope.

[Jocephus]

here's a list of the top 30 int'l though they haven't updated seijas

http://www.baseballamerica.com/internat ... -signed-2/

[Swirls]

Wow, out of those top 30 prospects, only two of them are pitchers.

[phins]

Use this one, as it gives more information. Of course I'd ignore the FV stuff, as I don't like the way Kiley does it. Basically he has two guys with the potential to be average major leaguers on a contending club. We all know that will change drastically.

The way he does it is if you're 16, you just aren't getting a 50 or above future value grade.

http://www.fangraphs.com/scoutboard.asp ... =0&pos=all

[phins]

They were two of five players signed by the Cardinals on Thursday. The other three were all righthanded pitchers: Anthony Trompiz, 17 from Venezuela; Brian Pirela, 17, from Venezuela; and Noel De Jesus, 18 from the Dominican.