Cristian Vaquero is tied to the Washington Nationals

Although much of the offseason baseball calendar has been shut down by the Strike lockout, the next period of international signatures It will still open as scheduled next Saturday, January 15.

This will technically be the 2021-22 signature window, as both this next signature period and last year’s period were delayed from their normal date of July 2 (2020 and 2021) due to the Covid-19 pandemic:

Given that many of the eligible international players signed unofficial deals with their future teams long ago, there isn’t much mystery about landing locations or even signing bonuses for these great amateurs.

As such, Baseball America’s Ben Badler can rank the top 50 players on the market based on their expected signing bonuses in his 2021-22 International Market Preview.

The Cuban gardener Christian cowboy leads the way, as the 17-year-old has already been linked to the Washington Nationals. The youth is a work in progress at the plate, as Vaquero only recently became a switch hitter rather than a pure left-handed hitter, though he does swing well from the left side.

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When it comes to glove work, Vaquero is a dynamic center fielder with more speed, a strong arm (96 mph on base shots) and good defensive instincts for his age. He is 1.90 meters tall and is nicknamed the “Phenomenon”. He is born in Havana and is represented by Scott Boras

Rafael Martinez

I am fond of the King of Sports, especially the Boston Red Sox in MLB and in general all of Mexican baseball. This profession has given me the opportunity to cover major events such as the Caribbean Series, the LMB All Star, LMP (uninterrupted since 2009), signings of important players. I had the chance to attend the 2013 World Classic in Arizona, USA, albeit as a fan. Apart from this beautiful sport, I love basketball, where I have also narrated games and even an NBA friendly 10 years ago, but I carry baseball in my veins. Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS) , from which I graduated in 2011. I was born in Mazatlán, Sinaloa and started in the world of sports journalism in 2004 in the newspaper El Sol de Mazatlán, where I was a baseball columnist and reporter at the same time. In January 2009 I came to El Debate as a journalist reporter and it was almost six years (in the first stage), until in November 2014 I emigrated to the radio providing my services in Línea Directa-Grupo RSN. My cycle there ended in July 2019 and within days, El Debate gave me another opportunity to work and opened the doors for me again. That is how I came to Al Bat, where I have been since 2019 as a web journalist.

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