2018 IFA

[Lee Stone]

Daniel Castano's amazing turnaround: Started year by getting lit up at Jupiter (22 walks in 57 innings among his lowlights). More recently, in five starts at Greensboro, he's walked 0 in 32 innings (5 starts).

[flamarlins93]

Victor Victor to the Orioles agreed to terms.

[fish16]

Not even a free agent yet. Supposedly the report is wrong.

[tjfla]

Marlins have around 4.3-4.4 MILLION to spend on IFA or trade it for prospects

[fish16]

Dont think we're getting Victor Victor now with the abomination that was our trade deadline and the smart moves that constituted the Orioles last few weeks.

[tjfla]

MLB has implemented some changes to their international signing rules and regulations, and Ben Badler of Baseball America is right on top of it with the details. Among the most notable rule changes are 1) that amateur players will now be allowed to enter team facilities earlier, specifically 18 months before they become eligible to sign,

Teams were coming to "agreements" with kids and then sending them back to the trainers. Looks like now once u commit to a team they will let the kids stay around for a few days and let them see the complex/give them a plan

One reason why we did make a splash in IFA this year and likely next is most trainers come to agreements with teams

[tjfla]

This will help us starting in 2020/2021 when guys who aren't already "committed" are ready. Nice new academy!!!

• Marlins chief executive officer Derek Jeter said the organization has made a priority to be more active in the international free agent market.

"It's a priority for us," Jeter said. "We've acquired some international money through trades and we'll continue to do that. That's a big area of growth for us as an organization. We'll be making some changes to our academy down in the Dominican Republic, and we're going to build a new academy down there, so we're going to invest a lot in our international market."

[fish16]

Good to hear. Being able to snag Victor Victor first would be huge for a number of reasons.

[fish16]

Looking forward to the next IFA period, is there any top cant miss guy and might we be in on them?

[tjfla]

Looking forward to the next IFA period, is there any top cant miss guy and might we be in on them?

Top Can't Miss Guy is SS Robert Puason

He is the kid Atlanta "signed" early and got them all fired. However Oakland already has a commitment from him for 5 million

The Top 50 Lists usually come out April/May and we might be players on a few but more likely 2020 is 1st BIG year for us. Reason is most trainers have already given teams commitments on guys for 2019 and not cause we don't want them

Watch for us to look at Cubans again in 2019

[Ralph]

A young guy in Cuban league to look out for if he defects is Pedro Leon.

[tjfla]

Miami has like 300K left and can add 2 million still for 2018. 5 Million for 2019 if he waits BUT Baltimore has like 5 million left for 2018

Cuban SS Yolbert Sanchez(22) can sign starting 2/5. Hech type who Fangraphs says could get 2-4 million

https://blogs.fangraphs.com/instagra...eared-to-sign/

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These are the types of guys(Cubans) that Denbo is looking for until 2020. If he WANTS to be in Miami maybe he waits a little while? Try to get IFA cash in JT/Straily deals and get a AA SS?

Highly Unlikely we get him however unless he wants to be here. Doubt a 22 year old who hasn't played in awhile waits 4 months for no reason

[tjfla]

Signed

17 yr 6'6 200lbs LHP Ivan Perez
18 yr RHP Mario Doble
18 yr RHP Guillermo Ramirez

So we have LESS than 600K now

[tjfla]

Well here is what we did with the "JT" IFA cash-18 yr old Cuban LHP


Francys Romero
@FrancysRomero10
47m47 minutes ago

Sources: LHP Sandro Bargallo (18) signed a deal with the Miami [MENTION=217]marlins[/MENTION]. He has a fastball in 92-90 mph range, in addition to a curveball above the average. The left-hander received $200.000 K in bonus sign.

[tjfla]

Still signing guys

Pitchers Luis Tejeda and Manuel Medina

Both IFA guys Tejeda is 21 and Medina is 17