Baseball America has a preview of the upcoming international signing season  (well, international as in Latin America), predicting that it will an exorbitant one.

The start of what should be an expensive international free-agent market began earlier this year, when the Reds signed 16-year-old Dominican outfielder Juan Duran for $2 million.

Duran was born Sept. 2, 1991, leading to a blanket assumption in the international scouting community that he was ineligible to sign until this July. Reds assistant general manager Bob Miller saw his birthdate and realized that the Reds—or any other team—could sign the power-hitting outfielder right away thanks to a technicality in the rules.

But Duran’s bonus almost certainly won’t be the highest payout given to an international teenager this season, with reports that at least three players could surpass his $2 million price tag in the coming weeks.

Boy, relative to what goes on over here those are some big buckys being thrown at guys as young as 16. Of course the talent pool over there is bigger and better than here in Asia. But the idea of three guys exceeding the $2 million mark is big.

“Teams who have not had much success in Latin America can point to teams like the Rockies and Arizona,” said one international scout. “Teams going to the playoffs are the ones signing Latin American guys who go to the major leagues. But they don’t spend that much money—it comes down to scouting and how you allocate the money. You see all these teams now, they have done nothing in Latin America and they’re saying they have to do something about it.”

The teams showing more interest in big-money international signings this year than in the recent past include the Reds, Athletics, Padres, Astros, Cardinals and Indians, with the Padres strongly linked to at least three players who could sign for seven-figure bonuses.

The article goes on to mention Michel Inoa, widely considered the best signable prospect of the group. Inoa is a 6-foot-7, 205-pound righthander from the D.R. whose fastball ranges from 91 to 94 mph. The article says some sources have indicated Inoa will receive a bonus in excess of $2.5 million, and one international scout says Iona’s agent is starting the bidding at $3.5 million. The surprising leaders for his services are the Oakland A’s.