Fernandez will be exempt from the international bonus pool. However, it could take another six months for him to complete paperwork and be in a position to sign with an MLB team.
Badler says Fernandez, 27, has the talent and maturity to immediately start for an MLB team in 2015. He has a quick left-handed swing, excellent plate discipline and makes incredible contact in almost every at bat, but he has very little power and not a lot of speed.
"He sets up with his hands low, but he's able to keep his hands back to adjust to breaking balls and stay inside good fastballs up and in," Badler explained in August (Aug.