Key Highlights
- 15 and closes on Dec.
- 15.
- The Padres have $5.94 million available to them for signing players.
- The total amount spent so far is not currently publicly known but their two biggest bonuses, $1.4 million to Cuban shortstop Joniel Hernandez and $1 million to Mexican LHP Diego Serna, was a good start. Both players are ranked in the top 100, per Baseball America, and were joined by Curacao shortstop Timothy Mogen, who signed for $600,00.
- All three had prior agreements with the organization and the announcements came soon after the opening of the official window.#31 Hernandez, 16, is a plus-runner with a plus-arm and athleticism.