Just behind the hype surrounding the brothers Mesa and their signing with the Miami Marlins has been the steady drumbeat for Sandy Gastón,
A hard-throwing right-hander, Gastón has been clocked as high as triple-digits at the age of 16, leaving much unknown as to what he will be a decade from now. Nevertheless, per Marc Topkin, the Rays “have agreed to terms on a $2.61 million deal, pending a physical exam, which is standard, and finalization of the contract.”
This is a lot of money for the Rays to drop on a teenage pitching prospect, almost double what might have been projected for a pitcher this age, but an apparent bidding war has ended with the Rays securing the rights to the highly rated flamethrower.