Yoan Moncada, a 19-year-old prospect who departed the island of Cuba in an attempt to find a job playing baseball in the United States, had a showcase in Guatemala yesterday, and the Braves sent some of their top scouts and personnel to go watch.

Red Sox, Braves had big showing to see Cuban infielder Yoan Moncada yesterday. Full report on his Guatemala showcase: http://t.co/CKAYR9iIZl — Ben Badler (@BenBadler) November 13, 2014

Putting together notes on Yoan Moncada's workout. NYY & BOS predictably were there in force but surprise team there very heavy was Atlanta. — Kiley McDaniel (@kileymcd) November 13, 2014

Gordon Blakeley and Roy Clark, who both joined the Braves organization after leaving the Yankees and Dodgers organizations, respectively, were both on hand to watch Moncada display his talents. The price on Moncada, who is regarded as one of the best prospects to ever come out of Cuba, will certainly be high, but the fact that both Clark and Blakeley attended his showcase demonstrates that the Braves do have interest in signing Moncada.

Moncada is a switch-hitter who's listed at six feet tall and 210 pounds. Moncada's listed as an infielder, and would seem to best fit at third base, second base, or in the outfield. He reportedly has a 70-grade arm and plus speed to boot. Although he plays primarily second base for Cienfuegos in Cuba's Serie Nacional, considering his skill set and size, he could be a better fit at third base. Baseball America wrote up a piece on Moncada following his defection this summer, and it gives you a pretty good idea of what we could be looking at with Moncada: a future impact player in the Major Leagues. Here's a video of Moncada hitting, the only one I could find on YouTube.

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Whichever team acquires Moncada will have to splurge on his talents, as he isn't going to come at a discount. A player as young as Moncada is will be considered an amateur signing for a team, so the team that signs him will have to go way above their normal international bonus pool and pay double that amount as a pool overage. So, essentially, if a team pays a $40 million bonus to Moncada, they'd really be paying $80 million total with the overage charge, so to speak.

There's still a lot of fuzziness surrounding Moncada's current situation. He still hasn't been cleared by the United States government to play in the country. Depending on when this clearance comes, he may not be able to sign until July of 2015, but the Braves should be rooting for him to be able to sign in this signing period, because two teams which are interested in Moncada, the Cubs and Rangers, are ineligible to sign Moncada in this period because they exceeded their bonus pool by more than 15 percent in the 2013-2014 signing period. The Braves would not have this restriction; they could throw as much money as they want to at Moncada.

Information surrounding Cuban prospects is often times overstated and somewhat dubious, but the chatter around Moncada is universally positive. He has drool-worthy tools and is still a teenager. I don't know that the Braves will realistically be able to compete financially with other interested teams, such as the Yankees and Red Sox, but Clark and Blakeley's presences at the showcase are notable.