Late in the summer, the Chicago Cubs signed a Cuban pitching prospect, Ronald Lazaro Mena, to a $350,000 bonus in International Free Agency. That was not only an extremely large bonus to still have available in your pool by late August, but it was also the largest bonus the Cubs have given to a pitcher in this whole class.
Now, the Cubs have signed a second outside-the-traditional-window pitching prospect in the class, Jose Ramon Gonzalez:
El chihuahuense José Ramón González firma con los Cubs de Chicago y continúa su sueño en el beisbol profesional ⚾?? t.co/OtGzYMDx0a
— El Heraldo de Chihuahua (@elheraldocuu) November 4, 2025El es José González, joven chihuahuense que firmó con los cachorros de Chicago ⚾? t.co/HoJQMiLmvE
— TV Azteca Chihuahua (@AztecaChihuahua) November 5, 2025From the El Heraldo article, via Google Translate:
“At just 17 years old, José Ramón González Carrasco, from Chihuahua, took a pivotal step in his career by signing with the Chicago Cubs organization, one of the most storied teams in Major League Baseball. His talent and potential place him among the most promising young players in Mexican baseball ….
González Carrasco, who already reaches speeds of 94 miles per hour on the radar gun, began his baseball journey at the Tarahumara Baseball School and the Doraditos de Chihuahua club, where he learned the fundamentals of the game and developed his skills from a young age. His progress led him to play for the Mineros de Parral in the Chihuahua State Baseball League in 2025.”
Hitting 94 mph as a 17-year-old is the kind of thing that gets you noticed. The Cubs have long scouted Mexico, so it’s not surprising to see them continuing to evaluate talent there. I wonder what kind of bonus Gonzalez got, since that often tells you as much about a prospect’s potential as anything else, especially when they are signed well after January 15 (i.e., it wasn’t necessarily pre-arranged years in advance, before a lot of development takes place).
I don’t believe the Cubs have much pool space left in this period, which concludes on December 15. It’s possible Gonzalez and Lazaro Mena are the last two major additions.
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