July 6, 2007 at 4:16 AM
Sox announce signings of 8, make Hagadone official
The Boston Red Sox officially announced the signings of international free agents 3B Michael Almanzar (Dominican Republic), RHP Justin Erasmus (Australia), SS Rafael Espinosa (Dominican Republic), SS Joantoni Garcia (Venezuela), OF Javier Gutierrez (Venezuela), OF Che-Hsuan Lin (Chinese Taipei), RHP Roman Mendez (Dominican Republic), and C Jesus Rojas (Venezuela). All but Lin signed 2008 contracts, who signed for '07 and is currently playing in the Gulf Coast League. Also, the Red Sox officially announced the signing of supplemental first rounder LHP Nick Hagadone. RHP Scott Lonergan (rd. 37, # 1127) also signed and has been assigned to Lowell.