{"id":497741,"date":"2026-01-15T15:13:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/johenssy-colome-signs-with-the-athletics-for-us4-million-the-biggest-bonus-for-a-dominican-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:13:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T19:13:37","slug":"johenssy-colome-signs-with-the-athletics-for-us4-million-the-biggest-bonus-for-a-dominican-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/baseball\/johenssy-colome-signs-with-the-athletics-for-us4-million-the-biggest-bonus-for-a-dominican-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Johenssy Colom\u00e9 signs with the Athletics for US$4 million, the biggest bonus for a Dominican in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Santo Domingo.\u2013<\/strong> The Athletics officially announced this Thursday the signing of Dominican shortstop <strong>Johenssy Colom\u00e9<\/strong>, who received a <strong>bonus of US$4 million<\/strong>, the highest awarded to a player from the Dominican Republic in the international signing market for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/gigantes-de-san-francisco-firman-al-campocorto-venezolano-luis-hernandez-por-us5-4-millones\/\">:San Francisco Giants sign Venezuelan shortstop Luis Hern\u00e1ndez for US$5.4 million<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe agreement places Colom\u00e9 among the top five bonds of the entire international class and confirms the high level of expectation that the young man of just <strong>16 years old<\/strong> has generated, considered one of the most complete talents in the group.\n\nSon of former Major League pitcher <strong>Jes\u00fas Colom\u00e9<\/strong>, the prospect has stood out for an uncommon combination of offensive power and defensive skills at shortstop. MLB evaluators compare his <strong>bat speed and strength<\/strong> to that of <strong>Vladimir Guerrero Jr.<\/strong>, while his <strong>elegance and defensive range<\/strong> are reminiscent of third baseman <strong>Manny Machado<\/strong>.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A bid that raised its value<\/h3>\n\n\nOriginally, Colom\u00e9 had a pre-agreement with the Athletics for around <strong>US$2.3 million<\/strong>, but his accelerated physical and technical development led several Major League teams to try to enter the negotiation with higher offers.\n\nFaced with that scenario, Oakland&#8217;s management reacted and decided to significantly increase the proposal to secure the signing of the Dominican shortstop, whom they consider a key piece of their sports project for the future, especially in the franchise&#8217;s transition to Las Vegas.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tradition of investments in Dominican talent<\/h3>\n\n\nThe signing of Colom\u00e9 continues the Athletics&#8217; historical policy of investing heavily in Dominican talent. In 2019, the organization awarded <strong>US$5.1 million<\/strong> to <strong>Robert Puason<\/strong>, and in the past developed figures such as <strong>Miguel Tejada<\/strong>, MVP of the American League.\n\nWith this new investment, the Athletics reinforce their presence in the academies of the Dominican Republic and their commitment to training the pillars of their franchise from an early age.\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo.\u2013 The Athletics officially announced this Thursday the signing of Dominican shortstop Johenssy Colom\u00e9, who received a bonus of US$4 million, the highest awarded to a player from the Dominican Republic in the international signing market for 2026. You may be interested in:San Francisco Giants sign Venezuelan shortstop Luis Hern\u00e1ndez for US$5.4 million The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40813,13766,40853,40230],"class_list":{"0":"post-497741","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-baseball","7":"tag-deultimominuto","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-major-leagues","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-thetruthnewspaper","12":"tag-united-states"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25u5","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497741\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}