Major League Baseball\u2019s international signing period opens today for the 2026 class, which means prospects can officially sign their contracts.<\/p>\n
For Baseball America subscribers, we have full breakdowns of the signing classes for all 30 teams, including scouting reports on the top players for each organization, other big names to know and lower-profile players to watch who could be sleepers.<\/p>\n
Dominican shortstop Yadier Mu\u00f1oz, signing for $1.2 million, stood out early in the scouting process for his skills and baseball IQ. That\u2019s still the case, as Mu\u00f1oz is on the smaller side (5-foot-10, 160 pounds) and doesn\u2019t have huge physical upside, but he\u2019s a solid, steady player on both sides of the ball. He has good bat control from the right side of the plate, making frequent contact with a line-drive approach and gap power. He\u2019s an above-average runner who has the defensive actions, secure hands and instincts to stick somewhere in the dirt, whether it\u2019s at shortstop or at second base.<\/p>\n
Shortstop Jaims Martinez ($900,000) has been out of Cuba for a while, though only recently did Major League Baseball clear him to sign, so he will be part of the 2026 class. He\u2019s 5-foot-10, 150 pounds, a lighter, quick-twitch athlete with at least plus speed and bouncy actions at shortstop, where he has a good chance to stick. He\u2019s a high baseball IQ player and a switch-hitter with a quick bat who hits the ball with surprising jump off his bat for his size. He has performed well against live pitching in the Dominican Republic, including in a league in the northern part of the country where a lot of former minor leaguers play.<\/p>\n
An up-arrow prospect signing for $600,000, Johan Geraldo from the Dominican Republic has a chance to develop into a power-hitting shortstop. He\u2019s 6 feet, 170 pounds, a lean, high-waist frame that he\u2019s starting to fill out and still offers significant physical projection. He whistles the bat through the zone with high-end bat speed for his age to drive the ball with impact now and the potential to develop into a 25-plus home run threat. Geraldo\u2019s power is enticing, but he isn\u2019t just an all-or-nothing hitter, as he shows a sense for recognizing pitches and tapping into his power in games. Geraldo also has a chance to stick at shortstop, where his best trait is a plus arm.<\/p>\n
Dominican outfielder Yanfri Serrano ($800,000) has trended up physically over the last couple years, growing to 6-foot-2, 180 pounds and standing out for his lefthanded power potential. He will flash home run juice now with more space to fill out and continue adding more power, with adjustments over the past year that have added more leverage to his swing. Serrano trained as a center fielder and could start his career there, though an outfield corner is his more likely landing spot.<\/p>\n
Scouts praised Venezuelan shortstop Eduardo Gonzalez ($800,000) for his defense at shortstop and all-around game acumen. He\u2019s a quick-twitch athlete who zips around with good footwork, hands, body control and instincts to go with a plus arm. At 6 feet, 185 pounds, Gonzalez stands out mostly for his glove, but has solid bat-to-ball skills from the left side of the plate and has added strength to start stinging the ball with more authority, though he projects more as a doubles threat than a big power bat.<\/p>\n
A 5-foot-10, 160-pound switch-hitter signing for $600,000, Dominican shortstop Franyel Almanzar has a medium build without a ton of physical upside, but he has a strong offensive track record, consistently registering quality at-bats with little swing-and-miss to his game. Almanzar makes good swing decisions, stays within the strike zone and has good barrel accuracy with gap power, giving him the components to get on base at a high clip. Almanzar is an above-average runner who should get a chance to continue his development at shortstop but might fit better at second base.<\/p>\n
Xavier Cadiz is a shortstop and center fielder from Venezuela who is a more under-the-radar signing with an intriguing lefthanded bat and high-level game acumen. At 5-foot-9, 170 pounds, he\u2019s not that big, but he has a knack for being on time and making contact at a high clip with little swing-and-miss to his game. It\u2019s a mature hitting approach for his age with some surprising power for his size in an offensive-minded profile. He\u2019s an above-average runner with a strong arm but his range in the infield could end up leading him to second or third base.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dominican shortstop Luis Tomas is a wiry, quick-twitch athlete with above-average speed who moves around well at shortstop. He\u2019s a switch-hitter whose athleticism and ability to handle a premium position stick out most.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major League Baseball\u2019s international signing period opens today for the 2026 class, which means prospects can officially sign…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21629,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2399],"tags":[5,138,24,4245,161,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-537488","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago-cubs","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-cubs","11":"tag-chicagocubs","12":"tag-cubs","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115955415363339302","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}