This is really tricky. I'm not "in" the loop here, as I don't have any direct contacts in the D.R. or other Latin American countries but I do have names I've heard or read that have yet to sign. I may have missed the signings as well as many of these don't get a lot of attention. In other words, this is a work in progress and always will be. Nothing with International talent is transparent.
1. Yoennis Cespedes, OF. The Cuban defector has a couple hoops he needs to jump through before being decalred a free agent and able to sign, but he could be within a couple weeks or a couple months. There is a lot of red tape here. When he signs, he shouldn't need more than some time to acclimate to the U.S. before making his MLB debut. He could be treated similar to Leonys Martin last season.
2. Jorge Soler, OF. A younger version of Cespedes is going through a similar situation. I might prefer his potential to Cespedes but he would probably begin in Low-A or maybe High A ball as a 19 year old. A cautious team may even place him in their complex level team in the Gulf Coast or Arizona league before sending him to a full season league next year. Timing will also be a large part of this. Whoever signs him will need some patience.
After that there is a drop off. There is a talented Dominican named Helsin Martinez who I was impressed by but no one has signed him and I haven't heard anything about him lately. Not sure what's happening with him now, but I'd place him 3rd here based on talent. After that, none of the pre-July 2nd guys are big names that you should get very excited about.
I wrote about some of the signings from this season here as well.
After the jump is a list of player I believe to be international free agents as well as some July 2nd names. I haven't done my due diligence on them yet but I will have a report about them prior to J2.
Like I said, some may have signed and I missed them but here they are:
Darfi Ortiz | 2B | D.R. |
Adaniel Blanco | SS | D.R. |
Alberto Garcia | SS | |
Alexis Parma | OF | Venezuela |
Alfrandy Cespedes | P | D.R. |
Carlos Pereira | 3B | D.R. |
Cesar Aybar | P | D.R. |
Cesar Gonzalez | C | Venezuela |
Daniel Rodriguez | P | D.R. |
Deivi Paulino | P | D.R. |
Eddy Morabel | 3B | D.R. |
Elvis Sanchez | 3B | |
Eskarlin Vazquez | OF | |
Felix Carvallo | P | Venezuela |
Fidias Soto | OF | D.R. |
Ismael Alcantara | 3B | |
Jonas Corporan | P | D.R. |
Jose Julio Ruiz | 1B | Cuba |
Luis Abad | P | |
Michale Leso | P | D.R. |
Pedro Araujo | P | D.R. |
Vladiimir Tejeda | P | D.R. |
Yadil Mujica | 3B | Cuba |
Yoguar Villega | SS | D.R. |
Yorman Landa | P | Venezuela |
Chih Yu Lin | P | Taiwan |
Jih Yuk Ryu | 3B | South Korea |
Ju Suc Ha | SS | South Korea |
Mitchel Martes | 3B | Aruba |
Robert Michael Garcia Quiroz | P | Mexico |
Ronald Ferreras | P | D.R. |
Sung Hyuk Han | P | South Korea |
Helsin Martinez | OF | Dominican Republic |
Gustavo Perinan | SS | Colombia |
Carlos Rodriguez | P | |
Eric Gabo | OF | |
Erick Hurtado | P | Dominican Republic |
Manuel Gonzalez | P | Dominican Republic |
Jhoan Urena | 3B | Dominican Republic |
Jose Leal | OF | |
Luis Carreno | P | |
Sanber Pimentel | OF | Dominican Republic |
Gialy Arias | P | Dominican Republic |
Junior Flores | P | Venezuela |
Kevin Sosa | P | Venezuela |
Victor Medina | OF | |
July 2nd guys | ||
Deivei Grullon | C | D.R. |
Yancarlos Baez | SS | D.R. |
Ronny Carvajal | OF | D.R. |
Jose Pujols | OF | D.R. |
Luis Barrera | OF | D.R. |
Frandi Delarosa | SS | D.R. |
Wendell Rijo | SS | D.R. |
Natanael Javier | 3B | D.R. |
Gustavo Cabrera | OF | D.R. |
Andres DeAza | OF | D.R. |
Hector Morales | P | D.R. |
Francis Peguero | SS | D.R. |
Lugo Octavis | SS | D.R. |
Angel Moreno | SS | D.R. |
Grofi Cruz Martinez | SS | D.R. |
Alberto Sanchez | 3B | D.R. |
Luis Castillo | 3B | D.R. |
Juaquin DelaCruz | 3B | D.R. |
Kelvin Esteves | 3B | D.R. |
Francisco Castro | C | Mexico |
Branly Crisotomo | P | D.R. |
Angel Heredia | P | D.R. |
Winder Novas | P | D.R. |
Yairo Munoz | SS | D.R. |
Nelson Alvarez | OF | D.R. |
Natanael Delgado | OF | D.R. |
Rafael Santana | OF | D.R. |
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