Steve says,
Edward Lantigua is the relative-unknown-international-signee-with-a-rocket-strapped-to-their-back du jour this winter. Signed for $950,000 during the 2024-2025 international rookie signing period, Lantigua won DSL Player of the Year with a solid .263/.397/.395 slash line and 149 wRC+. Lantigua shows above-average power right now, and with a skinny and leggy 6’3”, 170-pound frame, there’s plenty of room for more. I’m not sure how his swing is going to translate, because it looks like it will be susceptible to better pitching, but we’ll have years before we need to worry about that.
Lukas says,
Just to make you (and me) feel old, Lantigua was born AFTER Carlos Beltran struck out looking in the 2006 NLCS.