This is a good sign

I’d be surprised if it was $100K per year. Probably a nice signing bonus, maybe $50-100K and then less than $100K per year. He’s basically just another undrafted free agent, and not one of those coveted Dominicans or Venezuelans either. He could be had for a song and I’m sure he was.

All wrist. It might revolutionize pitching.

I was wondering about this myself.

Stupid question, but can anyone confirm if this is an unusually long commitment to a 17 year-old international free agent, or fairly typical? How would this compare to a typical signing of a kid from, say, the Dominican Republic? Also, when the Royals draft and sign an average American high school player and sign him, for how many years is he typically under contract?

My impression was always that these things were usually year-to-year and that the club retained the rights to the player for x number of years, but I didn’t think it was a long-term contract of any kind (certainly not seven years).

I’m sure the overall guaranteed money is negligible in this case, but a seven-year commitment made me wonder.

I thought it weird that he’d get seven years guaranteed, even on a cheap deal.

Sense, since he’ll likely spend a minimum of 5 years in MiLB.

I think for a player that young it takes that long before he could become a minor league free agent.