Today is the first day of the 2021-22 international signing period and Jesse Sanchez has the bonus information of the two biggest signings this year for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He reports that the Pirates gave out bonuses of $900,000 to outfielder Tony Blanco Jr. and $1.2M to shortstop Yordany De Los Santos.
Source: #Pirates agree to a $900K deal with OF Tony Blanco Jr., #11 on @MLBPipeline’s Top 50 Int’l Prospects list and No. 12 SS Yordany De Los Santos ($1.2M) https://t.co/LWetCicBy0
— Jesse Sanchez (@JesseSanchezMLB) January 15, 2022
According to the scouting reports on these two players from Sanchez/MLB Pipeline, the 16-year-old Blanco is the #11 prospect in this signing class.