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Pittsburgh Pirates Were Very Active on First Day of International Signings

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The Pittsburgh Pirates have been very active today according to Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com, signing a total of 20 players already. We heard the names Juan Pie and Angel Basabe earlier, who received $500,000 and $450,000 respectively, but seven more names have come out, who all received six-figure bonuses. Here’s the list from Sanchez, who also mentioned that 11 other players have signed.

Norkis Marco, SS, $250,000

Jommer Hernandez, C ,$250,000

Gregory Custodio, SS, $230,000

Brayan Torres, RHP, $180,000

Emilson Rosado, INF, $135,000

Yeison Santos, LHP, $110,000

Luis David Peralta, LHP, $110,000

As usual, we will try to get you more info on these players and our signing tracker will be up later today. The Pirates have spent $2,215,000 on the nine known bonuses. While you can assume the other 11 players from today signed for less than $100,000, it’s possible they got more. You’re looking at roughly half of the international budget spent already. Also note that any player who turns 16 between tomorrow and August 31st isn’t eligible to sign until their birthday, so there could be more six-figure signings that need to wait.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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