The 2015 international free agent signing period officially began early this morning, and it looks like the Mets are already busy in that market, as predicted.
The Mets have signed SS Gregory Guerrero, his agent Matthew Marotta tweeted early Thursday.
The club confirmed the signing early Thursday morning as well.
According to Kiley McDaniel of FanGraphs, Guerrero was expected to sign for $1.8 million. The Mets have a total of $2.5 million in their pool in the 2015-2016 signing period, according to Baseball America, meaning they have only $700,000 left to spend for the rest of the year.
“Guerrero has some of the same actions and swing mechanics as last year’s top player, Brewers SS Gilbert Lara, and, like Lara, also projects to move to third base eventually, but will play shortstop for the time being,” McDaniel writes.
To see video of Guerrero, watch this:
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