The next touted Cuban phenom..

[Tobywan]

......nineteen-year-old Yoan Moncada has been declared a free agent by MLB. Once he is cleared by his country's government Office of Foreign Assets Control he is free to sign with a club. Which team will win the bid, how many will take the chance on going over their international caps and risk stiff penalties? Some of the leagues biggest spenders are already over their limit or pretty darn close. Moncada is being praised as an even better prospect then Yasmany Tomas who is rumored to be close to signing with a ML club very soon for upwards of $100 M or more. The guys from FanGraphs and Baseball America are salivating over Moncada's speed and power from both sides of the plate and that he could be penciled into any infield position.

I have heard murmurs that even the Rays could be in play, given that a kid that hasn't played more than 150 games (due to injury) a season has gotten the biggest contact in history and an ex-Devil Rays manager just got a $5M a year deal ...................anything is possible!

[LJMets1989]

I've read that he profiles best as a 2B or 3B.

[realmofotalk]

Welp, guess my team won't be in play, since we already blew our load last year on a couple of shitty Cuban middle infield "prospects" (Arruebarrena and Guerrero).

[HollywoodLeo]

That other one you got a few years ago seems to be working out ok.

[realmofotalk]

Molly Knight ‏@molly_knight

I don't know who the other bidders are, but I'd be very surprised if the Dodgers don't wind up with Yoan Moncada. FO loves him.

Dodgers might have some trigger anxiety given Arruebarrena and Guerrero disasters, but Moncada is a different animal. They'll be aggressive.

A Corey Seager and Moncada left side of the infield sounds beastly.

[LJMets1989]

Mets need an SS, but they need one now, and Moncada probably doesn't fit that.

[realmofotalk]

Red Sox get Moncada, outbidding the Yankees. How were the Yankees able to make the second largest offer anyway? Didn't they already exceed their international signing bonus pool for the 2014-15 period?

[HollywoodLeo]

They'd just pay a penalty had they won the bid

[Prynce]

Why didn't I stay in baseball

[HollywoodLeo]

Are you a Cuban phenom?

[realmofotalk]

Are you a Cuban phenom?

If you didn't learn the game by using a broomstick for a bat, a milk carton for a mitt, and a rolled-up sock for a ball, and having dropped out of school by the age of 10, then you're doing it wrong.

[Prynce]

Are you a Cuban phenom?

I'm a cuban something