Erick Hernandez is a 16 year old lefty hitting OFer, #28 on the list. 

 

 

His comp is Juan Soto… Not too bad.

Grades: Scouting grades: Hit: 60  | Power: 55 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 55

Hernandez is expected to be a bonus of $1 million FWIW 

4 minutes ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Hernandez is expected to be a bonus of $1 million FWIW 

What about Colas? (sorry if this was shared before). About $3 mill maybe?

20 minutes ago, Quin said:

Grades: Scouting grades: Hit: 60  | Power: 55 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 55

That's the tough part, his grades are almost identical to #1, yet he is #26.

 

5 minutes ago, manbearpuig said:

What about Colas? (sorry if this was shared before). About $3 mill maybe?

Colas is signing for $2.7 million. 

1 minute ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

 

Colas is signing for $2.7 million. 

Nice thanks.

3 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

That's the tough part, his grades are almost identical to #1, yet he is #26.

For people who don't want to bother looking it up:
 

#1 - Roderick Arias - SS, Switch Hitter. Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 55 | Run: 55 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 55

#5 - Colas, who we're all familiar with at this point.: Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 60 | Run: 55 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 55

#28 - Hernandez, once again to have it in one post. Scouting grades: Hit: 60  | Power: 55 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 55

So he's got comparable hit and power to Arias and Colas, but lower run, arm, and field by a tick.

3 minutes ago, Quin said:

For people who don't want to bother looking it up:
 

#1 - Roderick Arias - SS, Switch Hitter. Scouting grades: Hit: 60 | Power: 55 | Run: 55 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 55

#5 - Colas, who we're all familiar with at this point.: Scouting grades: Hit: 55 | Power: 60 | Run: 55 | Arm: 55 | Field: 55 | Overall: 55

#28 - Hernandez, once again to have it in one post. Scouting grades: Hit: 60  | Power: 55 | Run: 50 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 55

So he's got comparable hit and power to Arias and Colas, but lower run, arm, and field by a tick.

Yeah, exactly.  I mean if we get that, that would be incredible, but those are obviously future grades based on literally everything going 100% perfectly, but I love getting that kind of potential into the system.

it's nice that pipeline does those...but like give me a break.

great catch though @Sleepy Harold

In their top 30, Colas at 22yo.  Another guy is 18.  Everyone else is 16yo.  So to find these guys you are scouting and developing 13-14yo?  Like going to the little league fields and going "yep he's a major leaguer, heres 2 million"

3 minutes ago, BamaDoc said:

In their top 30, Colas at 22yo.  Another guy is 18.  Everyone else is 16yo.  So to find these guys you are scouting and developing 13-14yo?  Like going to the little league fields and going "yep he's a major leaguer, heres 2 million"

Pretty much, yeah.  And then they try to hide them from other teams until they are 16.

I'm more excited by Hernandez than Colas.

If  the Sox want to be competitive year round like the Dodgers and Rays, then they need to invest more resources into the DR and Venezuela, instead of just focusing on older Cuban players.  

15 hours ago, thxfrthmmrs said:

His comp is Juan Soto… Not too bad.

Juan Soto was the 25th ranked player in his class FWIW

6 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

 

Colas is signing for $2.7 million. 

 

6 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Hernandez is expected to be a bonus of $1 million FWIW 

So if the pool is similar to years previous the white sox have a balance of roughly 1.6M is that enough to sign 2B Cesar Prieto if he is cleared?

26 minutes ago, beautox said:

 

So if the pool is similar to years previous the white sox have a balance of roughly 1.6M is that enough to sign 2B Cesar Prieto if he is cleared?

Hopefully they don't have room left after the 16 year old crowd signs.

11 hours ago, bmags said:

great catch though @Sleepy Harold

Yeah I was scrolling through the list (not thinking anything of it) and then I saw the Sox mentioned and it caught me off guard. What a pleasant surprise. 

Hopefully the Sox have enough $ left to lock up Cesar Prieto.  With 2B open next yr, I think he might be talented enough to make that jump.  He hit over .400 in Cuba and is left handed.  Any word on where he might be signing once he's declared a free agent?

They should both be top 30 guys, right?

14 minutes ago, Joshua Strong said:

They should both be top 30 guys, right?

Colas will be a top 10.  No idea about the 16 year old, but would guess so, almost by default.