San Francisco Giants 2025 International Signings Review

Top Of The Class

The Giants signed 17-year-old Dominican shortstop Josuar Gonzalez for $2,997,500, the fifth-highest bonus for any player in the 2025 international signing period. Some scouts considered Gonzalez the top player in Latin America this year. He’s a quick-burst, explosive player with a lean, athletic frame at 5-foot-11, 170 pounds. He’s a switch-hitter with excellent hand speed, allowing him to snap the barrel through the zone and generate the bat speed to drive the ball out of the park from both sides of the plate.

Against live pitching, his timing can be inconsistent when he gets overly aggressive, but scouts highest on Gonzalez liked his hitting ability from both sides. He’s also a plus-plus runner, which should make him a high stolen base threat, and he has the first-step quickness that stands out at shortstop. He’s an agile, acrobatic shortstop with bouncy actions, good hands, range, and an above-average arm to stick at the position and develop into an above-average defender.

Outfielder Djean Macares signed with the Giants for $1,097,500, the top bonus this year for a player from Aruba. Macares, 17, drew praise from scouts for his hitting ability, particularly for a player outside the typical hotbeds for talent in the international market. Macares, who also spent a lot of time training in Florida before he signed, is 5-foot-10, 180 pounds, a lefty with a medium frame and a knack for being on time and on the barrel. It’s an easy, compact swing with the ability to maneuver the barrel to get to pitches throughout the strike zone and put balls in play at a high clip.

Macares is a line-drive hitter with mostly doubles power and a frame that doesn’t lend itself to big power upside, so it’s likely to be a hit-over-power profile long term as well. As a fringe-average runner, he doesn’t have typical center field speed, but he’s a good athlete who moves around well in the outfield and has good instincts, so he could rotate around all three outfield spots in the lower levels.

Names To Know

Yulian Barreto, SS, Venezuela: The third seven-figure bonus the Giants paid this year went to Barreto, a 17-year-old who signed for $1,097,500. In the early stages of the scouting process for the 2025 class, Barreto generated a lot of attention for his skills at shortstop. At 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, Barreto hasn’t grown much since then, but his hands, footwork and body control are all good, and he can finish plays with a plus arm. He’s a righthanded hitter who sprays line drives around the field with occasional doubles and doesn’t project to be a big power threat. 

Alexander Camacaro, SS, Venezuela: Signed for $212,500, Camacaro is 5-foot-9, 150 pounds—a frame that doesn’t have much strength yet, with skills that stand out more than his raw tools. He’s a righthanded hitter with good bat-to-ball skills, gap power and a fundamentally sound game for his age with good all-around instincts.

Miguel Caraballo, C, Venezuela: Caraballo is 16 until Aug. 26, meaning he wouldn’t have been eligible to sign until 2026 had he been born a week later. Instead, he signed with the Giants for $172,500 and will play the entire season as a 16-year-old. He’s 6 feet, 190 pounds—a strong build for his age that helps him drive the ball with authority from both sides of the plate. It’s a strength-based game with a power-over-hit profile and a strong arm, and he could stick behind the plate if his receiving improves. 

Sleeper Watch

The Giants signed Carlos Martinez for $47,500, but despite a smaller bonus, Martinez developed into one of the better catchers in the 2025 class. A 17-year-old from Venezuela, Martinez makes frequent contact with a loose, easy swing from both sides of the plate, giving him the potential to get on base at a high clip for a catcher with gap power from his 5-foot-11, 160-pound frame. He projects to stick behind the plate as well with good catch-and-throw skills for his age.