Y2Jimmy0 Posted Saturday at 02:19 PM Share Posted Saturday at 02:19 PM I previewed the international signing period for the White Sox at FutureSox. It's currently available on Patreon: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/01/03/2025-white-sox-international-signing/ The White Sox have $6.2 million to spend and their agreements total around $4.2 million so far. The group is headlined by Cuban 3B Alejandro Cruz. They've also signed Cuban righty Yobal Rodriguez. Pitching has been a focus and they've given some other bonuses as well. Cesar Familia RHP Dominican Republic $350K Jhonny Morao LHP Dominican Republic $300K Roderick Medina RHP Panama $275K Yordani Soto SS Dominican Republic $750K Diego Natera C Venezuela $225K Jeremy Aponte OF Venezuela $200K Igor Escobar Inf Venezuela $70K. I'm curious to see how the presence of Roki Sasaki affects the White Sox. Can they trade money to help someone sign him? Can they sign a player that gets their deal voided from the team who actually signs him? I'll be curious to see that. 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted Saturday at 04:30 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:30 PM 2 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: I'm curious to see how the presence of Roki Sasaki affects the White Sox. Can they trade money to help someone sign him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted Saturday at 08:22 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:22 PM 6 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: I previewed the international signing period for the White Sox at FutureSox. It's currently available on Patreon: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/01/03/2025-white-sox-international-signing/ The White Sox have $6.2 million to spend and their agreements total around $4.2 million so far. The group is headlined by Cuban 3B Alejandro Cruz. They've also signed Cuban righty Yobal Rodriguez. Pitching has been a focus and they've given some other bonuses as well. Cesar Familia RHP Dominican Republic $350K Jhonny Morao LHP Dominican Republic $300K Roderick Medina RHP Panama $275K Yordani Soto SS Dominican Republic $750K Diego Natera C Venezuela $225K Jeremy Aponte OF Venezuela $200K Igor Escobar Inf Venezuela $70K. I'm curious to see how the presence of Roki Sasaki affects the White Sox. Can they trade money to help someone sign him? Can they sign a player that gets their deal voided from the team who actually signs him? I'll be curious to see that. This is great stuff but a sad reminder of where things stand and how long it will take to right the ship. That being said, Paddy needed to go and someone had to convince Reinsdorf that signing teenage Dominicans isn’t evil and provide the highest ROI of all forms of talent acquisition. And despite all his flaws, it appears that Getz may have finally got Jerry over the ledge based on how David Keller has been talking. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepy Harold Posted Saturday at 09:24 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:24 PM 1 hour ago, Chicago White Sox said: This is great stuff but a sad reminder of where things stand and how long it will take to right the ship. That being said, Paddy needed to go and someone had to convince Reinsdorf that signing teenage Dominicans isn’t evil and provide the highest ROI of all forms of talent acquisition. And despite all his flaws, it appears that Getz may have finally got Jerry over the ledge based on how David Keller has been talking. A new academy should also help matters down there. Hopefully they'll begin to deploy two DSL teams so they can bring in & play more talent regularly. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago White Sox Posted Saturday at 09:43 PM Share Posted Saturday at 09:43 PM 19 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said: A new academy should also help matters down there. Hopefully they'll begin to deploy two DSL teams so they can bring in & play more talent regularly. Good point. And the cost to run a second DSL team has to be small once you have the infrastructure in place. Should be a no brainer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted Sunday at 12:49 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:49 AM 4 hours ago, Chicago White Sox said: This is great stuff but a sad reminder of where things stand and how long it will take to right the ship. That being said, Paddy needed to go and someone had to convince Reinsdorf that signing teenage Dominicans isn’t evil and provide the highest ROI of all forms of talent acquisition. And despite all his flaws, it appears that Getz may have finally got Jerry over the ledge based on how David Keller has been talking. This is pretty similar to what we have done in recent years using about half to 2/3 of our budget early. According to the experts this is Paddy's last class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boopa1219 Posted Sunday at 01:43 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:43 AM 11 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said: I previewed the international signing period for the White Sox at FutureSox. It's currently available on Patreon: https://www.futuresox.net/2025/01/03/2025-white-sox-international-signing/ The White Sox have $6.2 million to spend and their agreements total around $4.2 million so far. The group is headlined by Cuban 3B Alejandro Cruz. They've also signed Cuban righty Yobal Rodriguez. Pitching has been a focus and they've given some other bonuses as well. Cesar Familia RHP Dominican Republic $350K Jhonny Morao LHP Dominican Republic $300K Roderick Medina RHP Panama $275K Yordani Soto SS Dominican Republic $750K Diego Natera C Venezuela $225K Jeremy Aponte OF Venezuela $200K Igor Escobar Inf Venezuela $70K. I'm curious to see how the presence of Roki Sasaki affects the White Sox. Can they trade money to help someone sign him? Can they sign a player that gets their deal voided from the team who actually signs him? I'll be curious to see that. Some of these signings were publicized by their trainers years ago. You can see if you look up their IG pages or twitter accounts. I would love it if they took a page from the Dodgers every year and sign like 20+ players every year but they need to complete the new academy for that to happen. I like a lot of the things Getz is doing to modernize the organization but overhauling this department is going to take the longest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliSoxFanViaSWside Posted Sunday at 02:23 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:23 AM All things are things I've been talking about for years some of you who agreed and some who would argue that I jumped the gun on the problems in the DR. Music to my ears. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted Sunday at 02:30 AM Share Posted Sunday at 02:30 AM 9 minutes ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said: All things are things I've been talking about for years some of you who agreed and some who would argue that I jumped the gun on the problems in the DR. Music to my ears. Congrats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteSox2023 Posted Sunday at 04:01 AM Share Posted Sunday at 04:01 AM 1 hour ago, Bob Sacamano said: Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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