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ADVERTISEMENT Elite prospect checks all boxes by Mitchell Gladstone | Today at 2:29 a.m. | Updated July 11, 2021 at 5:07 p.m. Driving back from Santiago to Santo Domingo, Seattle Mariners Director of Dominican Operations Eddy Toledo called his boss, Tim Kissner. It was January 2017, a full 18 months before the Mariners would eventually sign Julio Rodriguez to a $1.75 million bonus, yet Toledo was sure of the player he d just seen. He said, I just saw a player that I would give every dime in our [international] pool budget for, Kissner said, recalling his conversation with Toledo. And I go, Eddie, we don t even know what that is. We both kind of laughed and he goes, I know but whatever it is, I want to give it to him. ....
Filed under: Baseball America 2021-2022 International bonus board is out; Mariners favored to sign two, including no. 5 overall Share this story On Tuesday, Baseball America released their annual international signing bonus big board, this edition for the 2021-2022 signing class. The Mariners are listed as the favorites to sign two of the top 30 prospects on the board. While we were aware of Dominican shortstop Martin Gonzales, ranked no. 18 overall on the board, the big surprise came with Seattle listed as the favorite to sign no. 5 overall prospect Lazaro Montes, a 1B/OF out of Cuba. Seattle spending big money on a single international free agent is a bit of a departure from what the organization has done in the past couple years. The most the team has ever spent on one single free agent is $2 million. That was ....