The Oakland A’s are set to make a big splash on the international amateur free agent market this summer, for the second straight year. The team is expected to sign 16-year-old center fielder Pedro Pineda from the Dominican Republic for at least $4 million, reports Ben Badler of Baseball America.
This isn’t actually news, as Pineda has been linked to the A’s for a while. Badler reported the connection between the two sides as far back as last August, including similar notes about a large bonus. Nevertheless, this is a convenient topic to bring up while there’s no baseball going on, and anyway nothing is official with these int’l signings until July so it’s nice to know when things remain on track.