All of the Cincinnati Reds 2014 international signings

Update: Corrected an error that listed a player that doesn’t fall into this category. The map above is unchanged, but the info below has been corrected.

The Cincinnati Reds signed over 30 players from the international free agent ranks. Some of them played in the Dominican Summer League last season, but a majority of them did not play at all. The largest signing, of course, was Raisel Iglesias. He’s already 25-years-old and close to being ready to step in and help the big league team. The list below is looking at those players who were signed in 2014 and did not play during the season and will be making their professional debuts in the 2015 season (not including Iglesias). There were some surprising things from the list. The Reds signed one player out of Venezuela in 2014. They signed more players from Mexico, the Bahamas and Australia than they did from Venezuela (at least of those who didn’t play in 2014). That’s a bit shocking. More than half of the signings came from the Dominican Republic. Five players that were signed were born in 1998. Here’s the breakdown for the home countries for the signings:

Here is a breakdown of the positions played by those 28 players:

Plenty of pitchers and shortstops. The shortstops likely include guys who will be moving to second or third base in the near future, but when guys are 16-18 they can probably still handle the position that they will eventually outgrow. Here’s the list of players that will be making their 2015 professional debuts: [private_subscriber]

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