{"id":409216,"date":"2026-01-15T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409216\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:56:08","slug":"report-astros-agree-to-deal-with-cuban-outfielder-jack-valbrune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/409216\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Astros Agree to Deal With Cuban Outfielder Jack Valbrune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/francysromeroFR\/status\/2011220459061461097?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Francys Romero;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Francys Romero<\/a>, the Houston Astros have reached an agreement with international prospect Jack Valbrune, adding another promising young talent to their farm system. The 17-year-old Cuban outfielder, who trains at the Javier Rodriguez Academy, was officially declared a free agent by Major League Baseball yesterday and is expected to sign for a bonus of $375,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Romero describes Valbrune as an exciting player with a strong combination of athleticism and advanced hitting ability for his age. With Houston losing draft picks in recent years due to free-agent signings, continuing to invest in international talent has become increasingly important for the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Francys Romero, the Houston Astros have reached an agreement with international prospect Jack Valbrune, adding another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409217,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[196606,373,196607,196605,13090,363,196608,99,196609],"class_list":{"0":"post-409216","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-francys-romero","9":"tag-houston-astros","10":"tag-international-talent","11":"tag-jack-valbrune","12":"tag-major-league-baseball","13":"tag-mlb","14":"tag-promising-young-talent","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-valbrune"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409216","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409216\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}