$63 million man; Red Sox break bank for Cuban teenager Yoan Moncada.

• Jurisdiction: United States
• Author: Ballou, Bill
• Date: 24 February 2015

Byline: Bill Ballou

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Major League Baseball has more money than Worcester has snow, so the cost of the Red Sox' pending acquisition of Cuban teenager Yoan Moncada is unimportant.

It will be $63 million including a payment to Major League Baseball for exceeding its international bonus money allotment, but Boston spent more than $100 million 2006 dollars to lure Daisuke Matsuzaka from Japan and introduce 45-minute innings to Fenway Park. So, what's $63 million to the Red Sox? About what another six inches of snow is to Vernon Hill.

They can handle it.

The signing of Moncada was first reported on Monday by Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com. The Red Sox did not confirm, or deny, the report and everyone in the organization who talked about it had to do it in hypotheticals.

Moncada is an infielder who is considered to be one of the best young players anywhere, let alone Cuba. Given the Red Sox' recent history with young infielders...