What Red Sox Executive Sees Best Newcomer From The Amateur International Division

The Red Sox are bolstering their farm system with very young talent

Monday was the first day the Red Sox could sign international amateur baseball players

It’s a look into the future for the organization — the very distant future.

According to The Boston Globe’s Alex Speier, the Red Sox are expected to sign 45 players Monday, many of whom are still just teenagers. Dominican Republic native Vladimir Asencio, who turned 17 last month, highlights the large class

The right-handed-hitting and throwing Asencio plays center field and is touted as a strong defender and solid contact hitter. Speier noted that Asencio has drawn comparisons to a former Red Sox prospect in Manuel Margot, who has enjoyed an eight-year Major League Baseball career to this point with the San Diego Padres and Tampa Bay Rays after coming up through the Red Sox farm system.

Red Sox assistant general manager Eddie Romero, who signed Asencio, had a glowing review of the tools Asencio possesses.

“We love him in center field,” Romero told Speier. “Offensively, he’s more contact over power, but has a really, really advanced approach for his age. We love the fact that he tends to spray line drives using all quadrants of the zone. He’s got a good eye. Overall, it’s kind of a mature, advanced approach with knowledge of the strike zone at a premium position.”

Asencio isn’t the only signing Romero is high on. The Red Sox are set to sign Venezuelan third baseman Carlos Carrasquel, who stands at 6-foot-2 and nearly 185 pounds and carries a big bat.