A call for help; international signing bonuses

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If anyone has some free time and would like to help, I have a very specific request for research help. For the minor league project I’m working on (a massive project), I need to collect signing bonus information for all international signings, from the July 2005 signing period through this past summer. I still have a ton of work to do in other areas of the project, so if anyone would be willing to help here I’d greatly appreciate it. Scout.com sometimes lists bonuses under the profiles for the players, but the information is spotty at best. I’ve essentially just been googling things like “Phillies international signings” and trying to find what I can. I need information for all 30 teams. Anything you can provide me would be of great assistance. If you do have some time and find anything, just post in the comments here or email me, this format will work;

Team – Player’s name, year signed, bonus amount

Example

Phillies – Carlos Carrasco, 2003, $300,000.

Thanks again.

Update –> I have a few names, but for now, just assume I have zero information. Redundancies are not an issue here, the more information the better.

8 thoughts on “A call for help; international signing bonuses”

  1. Are you basically starting on nil with is, so any amount found is needed, or do you have some information you’ve already gathered?

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  3. Here are some of the bigger names from 2006 that I could find. . .

    Engle Beltre – OF – Boston Red Sox – 600 K
    Esmailyn Gonzalez – SS – Nationals – 1.4 Mil
    Moises “Oscar” Tejeda – SS – Red Sox 550 K
    Francisco Pena – C – Mets – 760 K
    Larry Suarez – P – Cubs – 350 K
    Angel Villalona – 3B – Giants – 2.1 Mil
    Jesus Montero – C – Yankees – 2 Mil, “After a difficult showing in the instructional league, however, his signing bonus was reduced to $1.6 million.”
    Carlos Triunfel – SS – Mariners – 1.3 Mil
    Joe Pirela – SS – Yankees – 300 K
    Carlos Urena – OF – Yankees 350 K
    Jason Smit – DH – Indians 350 K
    Euclides Viloria – P – Padres 150 K
    Balbino Fuenmayor – 3B – Blue Jays 1.15 Mil

    Some of the figures could be off by a little bit. But I think they’re just about right. If I get some more free time I’ll try to find more.

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  4. Actually found this skimming the web from 2007

    Fernando Martinez outfielder METS $1.4 million,
    Deolis Guerra, Venezuela, righthander , METS $700,000.
    Rolando Pascual, Dominican, righthander MILWAUKEE $710,000
    Wily Peralta, Dominican, righthander MILWAUKEE $450,000
    Fabio Castillo – TEXAS $400,000
    Johan Yan – SS – TEXAS $400,000
    Cristian Santana – TEXAS $325,000
    Carlos Martinez – SS- COLORADO
    Jose Tabata – OF – YANKEES $550,000
    Elvin Andrus – SS- BRAVES $550,000

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  6. Hope none are repeats, will try and pull more as my time permits. Through this past summer includes 2008, right?

    Robin Rosario – Oakland, 2008 – $350,000
    Rafael Rodriguez – San Francisco, 2008 – $2,550,000
    Juan Duran – Cincinnati, 2008 – $2,000,000
    Michael Almanzar – Boston, 2007 – $1,500,000

    This post was on the 2nd page of my first search. This is good distraction for watching Joe Blanton pull his usual tricks.

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  8. Wait: Instead of googling here and there, I assume teams have to report their international signing bonuses to the Commissioner’s office. Is that information available to the press upon request? I think this site qualifies as the press.

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