We did alright on the international market this season. I came in with modest goals, and signed all three of my targets while staying under the cap.Evas wrote:Pretty happy with my haul in international Free Agency.
I missed out on SP Pedro Montés and RF Taylor Penaligan. I liked both of those guys. But at least missing out on them kept me just under the $2.8M cap.
- SP Hyo-cheong Pak has #1-#2 SP potential and very good intangibles.
- 1B Clyde Stinton seemed like the best bat of the crop this year. He needs to learn a position, but there's plenty of time for that.
- C Barry Gillard could be a hidden bargain. OSA rates him as 9-9-7-6-7 offensive potential.
Picked up the aforementioned P Pedro Montés. A project, but I hope we can teach him to throw a respectable slider. Also added 1B Lachlan Vader (fringe hitting prospect who came fairly cheap, but with great nickname potential), and C Tasuku Shunsen (also a fringe prospect, though OSA thinks he is the second coming of Carlton Fisk, but wanted at least one Japanese to add this year and Maeda looked to be out of my price range, and boy was he at $5.89M).
OSA and my scout were miles apart on Pak, so it will be interesting to see where he is in four years.
But Reno, holy cow.