At a younger age, Peña drew comparisons to Boston Red Sox star third baseman Rafael Devers, also from the Dominican Republic.

On the first day of MLB's international signing period, the New York Mets agreed to deals with 15 players. The Mets announced ...

Elian Peña, a top 17-year-old shortstop prospect, has signed a $5 million bonus to join the Mets out of the Dominican ...

Elian Peña, a shortstop from the Dominican Republic who turned 17 in October, agreed to a $5 million bonus with the New York ...

The Mets are making a huge splash in international free agency, signing 17-year-old shortstop Elian Peña from the Dominican ...

Mets President of Baseball Ops David Stearns and Director of International Scouting James Kang discuss the excitement of ...

NEW YORK — Elian Peña, a shortstop from the Dominican Republic who turned 17 in October, agreed to a $5 million bonus with the New York Mets on Wednesday that was the largest amount on the first day ...

For the second straight international signing day, the Mets handed out a club-record signing bonus in order to land one of ...

Peña was rated the No. 3 prospect in the international class for this year by MLB.com behind Japanese pitcher Roki Sasaki.

The Mets lost out on Roki Sasaki, but ended up with what they hope is a pretty good consolation prize in 17-year-old ...

January represents the possibility for all 30 Major League Baseball teams to sign international free agents and the New York Mets landed the best prospect available after signing D ...