Kansas City Royals agree to deal with Adalberto Mondesi, Royals firman Mondesi

The Dominican Baseball Guy has blogged on the Dominican Prospect League previously.  The Giants signed Dominican baseball player Simon Mercedes out of the DPL back in February.

The son of former major leaguer Raul Mondesi, Adalberto Mondesi, signed a $2 million deal with the Kansas City Royals.  The elder Mondesi played 13 MLB seasons, and was the rookie of the year in 1994.  He was really a fun guy to watch and a five tool talent at his best.  Raul is now mayor of his hometown, San Cristobal, DR.

Raul's son, Adalberto signed the contract on his 16th birthday, the first day that international players can sign with a big league club.  The Royals feel he is one of the top free agent prospects on the international market and jumped at the chance to sign him.  They see him as a great defensive player at shortstop already, and a switch hitter with great potential at the plate.

Since Adalberto does not have an MiLB profile page yet, The Dominican Baseball Guy is assumed he is from San Cristobal too.  But upon further inspection it looks like he was born in Los Angeles when his father played for the Dodgers, this according to his Dominican Prospect League profile page.

Good luck with the Royals young Mondesi, hope to see you in the bigs soon.

Giants sign Dominican baseball player Simon Mercedes, Gigantes de San Francisco friman Dominicano

The San Francisco Giants recently signed Simon Mercedes from the Dominican Prospect League.  The league is a sort of minor leagues for the Major League Baseball Dominican academies.  Organized of around 80 players into teams from the north, south, east, and west of the country, the league plays once a week at different MLB team academies.  The games showcase players, so MLB teams can sign them to their academies.  See the official website for the league.

Well, the Giants picked up a young arm from the DPL by the name of Simon Mercedes.  Mercedes signed to a $400,000 signing bonus and will start in the team's farm system, most likely in the Giants Dominican academy.  He projects as a starter some day.  Mercedes is from Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic.

The Dominican Baseball Guy hopes to blog more on the Dominican Prospect League.  More and more players are being signed from this league.