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Red Sox sign pair of top int'l free agents

The Red Sox have not confirmed the agreements.

In accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement, each team is allotted a $700,000 base and a bonus pool with four slot values based on the team's record in 2014 for the international signing period, which started Thursday. Boston's overall pool total for this year's signing period was slated to be $3,681,000.

However, Boston signed right-handed pitchers Christopher Acosta to a signing bonus worth $1.5 million, Anderson Espinoza to a bonus worth $1.8 million and Yoan Moncada to $31.5 million bonus during the last international signing period. This thrusted them into the maximum penalty under the international signing guidelines, and the Red Sox must also pay a 100-percent tax on the allotment overage.