Note 1: WAR through 27 Aug 2028
Note 2: Corrections welcome. It's possible, maybe even likely, the data collection isn't perfect. If you see something missing or incorrect, please let me know.
Note 3: Apologies for the lack of charts. Just a bunch of tables with names and numbers.
Recall there are 421 players still active in BSA that have signed with a bonus.
Note 2: Corrections welcome. It's possible, maybe even likely, the data collection isn't perfect. If you see something missing or incorrect, please let me know.
Note 3: Apologies for the lack of charts. Just a bunch of tables with names and numbers.
Recall there are 421 players still active in BSA that have signed with a bonus.
19 batters have made the majors, 8 have negative WAR, and only three have produced more than one WAR in the majors to this point:
It's pretty well-known that we are still in the early days of IFAs, and it's not a surprise that many haven't made the majors yet. A lazy way to see if there are a few more knocking at the door is to look for guys that have produced at AA and AAA.
17 hitters (including those that are also in the majors) have produced > 2 WAR in AA/AAA combined:
Suggestions or requests for other ways to look at the data? Summing things up per organization probably won't show much yet, there just aren't enough players in the majors.
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| Player | Signing Team | Current Team | Year | Bonus | WAR |
+-------------------+---------
| Carlos Alfaro | St. Louis | St. Louis | 2020 | $1,195,000 | 5.1 |
| Salvador Borbón | Pocatello | Nassau | 2021 | $1,600,000 | 4.2 |
| Juan Hernández | Jersey Shore | Jersey Shore | 2022 | $355,000 | 3.8 |
| Felipe Rodríguez | Irvine | New York | 2020 | $1,550,000 | 0.9 |
| Domingo Romero | St. Louis | St. Louis | 2020 | $665,000 | 0.7 |
| Gonzalo Gil | Baffin Island | Chicago | 2020 | $1,300,000 | 0.5 |
| Anastasio Villa | Niagara Falls | Niagara Falls | 2021 | $2,400,000 | 0.3 |
| Javier Rentería | Plymouth | Houston | 2021 | $2,500,000 | 0.3 |
| Francisco Medina | Houston | Santa Monica | 2022 | $3,000,000 | 0.2 |
| António López | Nevada | Vista | 2020 | $750,000 | 0.1 |
| Andrés Vázquez | Greenville | Greenville | 2020 | $3,149,999 | 0.0 |
| Héctor Padilla | Niagara Falls | Niagara Falls | 2022 | $1,500,000 | -0.1 |
| Juan Vázquez | Irvine | Moose Jaw | 2020 | $55,000 | -0.1 |
| Reynaldo Slomp | Pocatello | Maui | 2022 | $190,000 | -0.2 |
| Jesús Cabrera | St. Louis | Louisville | 2023 | $1,407,000 | -0.3 |
| Víctor Arredondo | St Charles | Vancouver | 2021 | $850,000 | -0.6 |
| Edgardo Osorio | St. Louis | Havana | 2021 | $85,000 | -0.8 |
| Javier Orozco | Irvine | Baffin Island | 2020 | $440,000 | -1.5 |
| Jesús Hernández | St Charles | St Charles | 2021 | $850,000 | -1.8 |
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12 pitchers have made it to the majors, and have had just slightly more success. 4 of the 12 have negative WAR, and 6 of them have produced at least 1 WAR in the majors.
+----------------------+------
| Player | Signing Team | Current Team | Year | Bonus | WAR |
+----------------------+------
| Andrés Vázquez | Greenville | Greenville | 2020 | $3,149,999 | 12.9 |
| Júlio González | Seattle | Maui | 2021 | $1,200,000 | 8.2 |
| Salvador Castro | St. Louis | Kalamazoo | 2022 | $155,000 | 3.2 |
| Dae-ho Kim | Irvine | Irvine | 2022 | $580,000 | 1.7 |
| Jesús De Los Santos | Vista | Pocatello | 2023 | $100,000 | 1.7 |
| Jesús González | So Cal | Las Vegas | 2020 | $1,000,005 | 1.0 |
| Sancho Mendoza | Greenville | New York | 2021 | $610,000 | 0.4 |
| César Rodríguez | Pocatello | Bismark | 2021 | $70,000 | 0.1 |
| José Castro | Baffin Island | Detroit | 2023 | $4,500,000 | -0.6 |
| Halewijn Tipping | Boston | Pocatello | 2020 | $150,000 | -0.8 |
| Tony Murillo | Beech Mountain | BlackIron | 2020 | $65,000 | -2.1 |
| Rafael López | Pocatello | BlackIron | 2022 | $960,000 | -2.1 |
+----------------------+------
It's pretty well-known that we are still in the early days of IFAs, and it's not a surprise that many haven't made the majors yet. A lazy way to see if there are a few more knocking at the door is to look for guys that have produced at AA and AAA.
17 hitters (including those that are also in the majors) have produced > 2 WAR in AA/AAA combined:
+--------------------+--------
| Player | Signing Team | Current Team | Year | Bonus | WAR |
+--------------------+--------
| Salvador Borbón | Pocatello | Nassau | 2021 | $1,600,000 | 4.8 |
| Anastasio Villa | Niagara Falls | Niagara Falls | 2021 | $2,400,000 | 4.6 |
| Felipe Rodríguez | Irvine | New York | 2020 | $1,550,000 | 4.5 |
| Francisco Medina | Houston | Vista | 2022 | $3,000,000 | 4.1 |
| António López | Nevada | Vista | 2020 | $750,000 | 3.7 |
| Pedro Díaz | St. Louis | Plymouth | 2021 | $160,000 | 3.7 |
| Gonzalo Gil | Baffin Island | Chicago | 2020 | $1,300,000 | 3.6 |
| Edgardo Osorio | St. Louis | Nassau | 2021 | $85,000 | 3.6 |
| Felipe Jareño | Pocatello | Beech Mountain | 2022 | $800,000 | 3.5 |
| Ramón Morales | Baffin Island | Nashville | 2023 | $4,500,000 | 3.5 |
| Jesús Cabrera | St. Louis | Nashville | 2023 | $1,407,000 | 3.4 |
| Víctor Arredondo | St Charles | St Charles | 2021 | $850,000 | 3.4 |
| Claudio Rodríguez | Plymouth | Plymouth | 2020 | $70,000 | 3.2 |
| Javier Orozco | Irvine | Baffin Island | 2020 | $440,000 | 2.6 |
| Pablo Díaz | Greenville | Nevada | 2022 | $81,000 | 2.5 |
| Carlos Alfaro | St. Louis | St. Louis | 2020 | $1,195,000 | 2.3 |
| Manuel Hegnauer | Kansas City | Chicago | 2021 | $75,000 | 2.2 |
+--------------------+--------
And here's the pitchers that have > 2 WAR in AA/AAA:
+----------------------+------
| Player | Signing Team | Current Team | Year | Bonus | WAR |
+----------------------+------
| Salvador Castro | St. Louis | Kalamazoo | 2022 | $155,000 | 11.6 |
| Andrés Vázquez | Greenville | Greenville | 2020 | $3,149,999 | 10.4 |
| Dae-ho Kim | Irvine | Irvine | 2022 | $580,000 | 8.5 |
| Juan Martínez | New Orleans | New Orleans | 2022 | $1,100,000 | 7.4 |
| Roberto Moreno | So Cal | So Cal | 2020 | $851,678 | 6.4 |
| Orlando Trinidad | Kansas City | Kansas City | 2021 | $800,000 | 6.2 |
| Roberto Carrillo | Seattle | Vista | 2022 | $1,200,000 | 6.1 |
| Júlio González | Seattle | Maui | 2021 | $1,200,000 | 5.7 |
| Miguel Galván | So Cal | Nevada | 2022 | $200,000 | 5.5 |
| César Rodríguez | Pocatello | Pocatello | 2021 | $70,000 | 4.7 |
| Rafael Alemán | Vista | Vista | 2023 | $190,000 | 4.6 |
| Ernesto Mendoza | Irvine | Irvine | 2022 | $110,000 | 4.3 |
| Pancho Hernández | Irvine | Irvine | 2020 | $70,000 | 4.3 |
| Juan Rojas | St Charles | St Charles | 2023 | $950,000 | 4.1 |
| Fernando Guzmán | Houston | Houston | 2023 | $400,000 | 3.8 |
| Jesús De Los Santos | Vista | Pocatello | 2023 | $100,000 | 3.3 |
| Rien Middelkamp | Irvine | Springfield | 2023 | $470,000 | 3.2 |
| Paço Boda | Nevada | Nassau | 2025 | $100,000 | 2.7 |
| Halewijn Tipping | Boston | Pocatello | 2020 | $150,000 | 2.3 |
| Rafael López | Pocatello | Beech Mountain | 2022 | $960,000 | 2.2 |
+----------------------+------
Suggestions or requests for other ways to look at the data? Summing things up per organization probably won't show much yet, there just aren't enough players in the majors.
The robots need to get back to tending to the Nassau winning streak that has them tied for 1st place on September 1st.
Part 3 next month will include information on IFA Discoveries, which are tracked separately.
On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Dave Krause <nassau_dave@krausecentral.com
Thes have combed through the historical records available in BSA, and produced some data on how much money teams in the league have spent on international amateur free agents since they started signing with teams in the 2020 season. We welcome all corrections to the data presented, as it is certainly possible some of it is not 100% accurate, but it should be quite close.
Also, because most people won't read to the end, be sure to visit the data online at https://statsplus.net/bsa/ifa Before we get too far with the data, some caveats:1. Before OOTP15, the game did have international free agents, but they were all "pro", and those players did not sign minor league contracts with a bonus. Koyama of Irvine is an example of one of these "pro" guys, which are not counted in the data.2. Some players sign, are really terrible, get released, and OOTP eliminates them from the database. Those players are not included, either.3. The $ amounts are just the bonuses payed to the players, and do not include the penalties/tax for going over the cap.With that out of the way...This PR will be in two parts, the first will focus on how many players teams have signed, and how much they've invested in those players.==== REAL PR STARTS HERE ====Overall there are still 421 players in BSA that were signed as IFAs. The total of all the bonuses payed to those players is a cool $305,628,234Here's a single table summarizing how much teams have spent on IFA player bonuses, and how many players they have signed since IFAs started in 2020 in BSA, sorted by total spend. Note that neither Chicago nor Orlando has signed a single IFA yet.+----------------+------+-----------+--------------+ | Organization | Year | # Players | Total Bonus |+----------------+------+-----------+--------------+ | Springfield | 2025 | 29 | $33,951,420 || St. Louis | 2023 | 59 | $32,515,000 || Nassau | 2025 | 29 | $17,079,000 || Baffin Island | 2023 | 7 | $16,800,000 || Niagara Falls | 2021 | 10 | $16,002,000 || Greenville | 2023 | 40 | $15,003,999 || Nashville | 2027 | 11 | $14,360,000 || Pocatello | 2023 | 14 | $14,190,000 || Irvine | 2023 | 28 | $13,763,000 || Plymouth | 2023 | 16 | $13,532,000 || Jersey Shore | 2023 | 16 | $13,062,000 || Kalamazoo | 2025 | 16 | $11,386,000 || So Cal | 2022 | 12 | $10,027,052 || Houston | 2022 | 10 | $9,773,000 || New Orleans | 2021 | 22 | $9,366,000 || Maui | 2025 | 7 | $8,812,000 || Fresno | 2027 | 6 | $8,150,000 || Austin | 2023 | 9 | $7,983,000 || El Dorado | 2021 | 6 | $7,295,000 || Seattle | 2021 | 5 | $6,977,000 || St Charles | 2023 | 12 | $6,512,500 || Kansas City | 2023 | 13 | $5,112,263 || Nevada | 2023 | 24 | $5,028,000 || Boston | 2021 | 11 | $3,999,000 || Vista | 2023 | 4 | $1,955,000 || New York | 2025 | 3 | $1,837,000 || San Francisco | 2028 | 1 | $1,092,000 || Beech Mountain | 2020 | 1 | $65,000 |+----------------+------+-----------+--------------+ Here's a list of the top 20 biggest bonuses handed out to players:+------------------------+---------------+------+----------- ---+ | Player Name | Signing Team | Year | bonus |+------------------------+---------------+------+----------- ---+ | Javier Martínez | St. Louis | 2025 | $5,560,000 || Juan De Jesús | Jersey Shore | 2025 | $5,135,000 || Júlio Rodríguez | So Cal | 2027 | $5,000,000 || Jesús Escobedo | Baffin Island | 2028 | $4,500,000 || Ramón Morales | Baffin Island | 2023 | $4,500,000 || José Castro | Baffin Island | 2023 | $4,500,000 || Víctor Cuevas | Seattle | 2026 | $4,200,000 || Takuya Hayashi | Springfield | 2028 | $3,690,000 || Gonzalo Martínez | Springfield | 2028 | $3,690,000 || Alfredo Ruíz | Niagara Falls | 2028 | $3,560,000 || Germán Pérez | Niagara Falls | 2028 | $3,300,000 || Daniel Monares | Niagara Falls | 2028 | $3,200,000 || Andrés Vázquez | Greenville | 2020 | $3,149,999 || Iván Lerma | Nashville | 2027 | $3,120,000 || Francisco Medina | Houston | 2022 | $3,000,000 || Guillermo Deleón | Austin | 2021 | $3,000,000 || Javier Rentería | Plymouth | 2021 | $2,500,000 || Gabresilassie Mujawayo | Pocatello | 2027 | $2,500,000 || Rafael Reyes | Fresno | 2027 | $2,500,000 || Felipe Franco | Springfield | 2028 | $2,500,000 |+------------------------+---------------+------+----------- ---+ As the fantastic Vista Infographic PRs have show, a picture is better than a table of numbers. Here are some screenshots of interactive data that is available now on S+ at https://statsplus.net/bsa/ifa. On the website, you can click or hover on the years in the legend to see a single year or set of years in IFA spending, or hover on the bars to get a detailed breakdown for each team by season.
Of course, all this leads to the really important question. What did teams get for all this spending?In Part 2, we'll dig further into what these players have done so far. The oldest of them is only about 24-25, so not that many have reached the majors and had a big impact... yet.
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