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  • • Quick Hits: Martín Pérez, Coliseum
    There was some heavy lifting done in the baseball world yesterday: it was arbitration filing day, as well as the opening of the international signing period. Today is a recovery day. Here’s the latest… Before agreeing to terms with the Red Sox, southpaw Martín Pérez had no shortage of suitors. The Astros, Padres, Royals, White…...2021
  • • MLB international signing period: Where the top 10 international prospects signed, including Yoelkis Cespedes
    The international signing period began Friday...2021
  • • Season Notes: Pandemic, Rules, Rays, Attendance
    Teams have their hands full today with the opening of the international signing period, as well as the now-passed deadline for arbitration agreements. While we sift through those financials, here’s the latest on how the pandemic continues to affect the sport… MLB hopes to bring back seven-inning doubleheaders and the runner-on-second-base extra-inning rule, writes USA…...2021
  • • Notable International Signings: 1/15/21
    The 2020-21 international signing period is officially underway, and though this signing period is open until Dec. 15, 2021, many of the big names have already signed. Teams have long since lined up deals with newly eligible teenage players, so the news today largely represents confirmation of what was anticipated. Still, it’s a day of no…...2021
  • Marlins sign 18-year-old Cuban infielder Cappe
    • Marlins sign 18-year-old Cuban infielder Cappe
    An 18-year-old infielder from Cuba is among 11 players from four countries to sign with the Miami Marlins during Major League Baseball's international signing period....2021
  • • 2020-2021 International Signing Period Opens Today
    It may be January 15th, but it feels like July in the baseball world. The 2020-2021 international signing period kicks off today after a six-month delay from the usual kickoff date of July 2. Teams are officially able to begin signing amateur talents from countries outside of the United States and Canada. The signing period…...2021
  • • MLB international signing period: Top players, including Yoelkis Cespedes, and everything else to know
    MLB's international signing period opens Friday; Yoenis Cespedes' brother is among the best players available...2021
  • • International Signings: 9/12/20
    Since the COVID-19 pandemic pushed the opening of the 2020-21 international signing period to January 15, the 2019-20 signing window is still open, and teams are still making some additions with leftover funds in their international spending pools.  The latest… The Pirates have signed Venezuelan right-hander Eduardo Zapata, John Dreker of Pirates Prospects reports (Twitter…...2020
  • • Cardinals Sign Dominican Prospect Edwin Nunez
    The Cardinals have signed international amateur free agent Edwin Nunez for $525K, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America.  This deal comes as part of the extended 2019-20 international signing period, which will run until October 15 and was re-opened again on Friday when the transactions freeze was lifted. Like all other business in baseball,…...2020
  • • International Signing Period Pushed To January
    The signing period for international free agents typically begins July 2, but that won’t be the case this summer. Rather, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America and J.J. Cooper of BA, it will open Jan. 15, 2021, and conclude Dec. 15, 2021. A delayed signing period looked like the probable outcome when the owners…...2020

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INTERNATIONAL SIGNING PERIOD injury and suspension

  • • MLB Draft not actually expected to be canceled?
    Major League Baseball has suspended the start of its regular season due to the coronavirus outbreak, and one of the other significant changes that is being considered is the cancellation of the MLB Draft. One of the issues that could force the draft to be called off is the handling of service time, but apparently the league is hoping to work through that with the MLB Players’ Association. On Wedne...2020
  • • Implications of Red Sox’ Ban from International Signing Period
    Yesterday, Baseball America’s Ben Badler reported that Major League Baseball was going to levy penalties against the Boston Red Sox due to improprieties perpetrated during last year’s International Signing Period. Today, Jeff Passan at Yahoo! Sports elaborated on that report. I’ve spoken with several international scouts about this news in an attempt to gauge the implications not only for the Red ...2016
  • • Prospect Notes: July 2, Astros, Bell, Draft
    Over at Baseball America, Ben Badler provides an outstanding preview of the coming July 2 international signing period. Of particular note, Badler reports that the Astros are expected to exceed their spending limits and incur the maximum penalty (a 100% overage tax and two-year ban on $300K+ bonuses). Houston has been making huge outlays through the…...2016
  • • San Diego Padres Fined for MLB Infraction Before International Draft
    2015
  • • MLB's Early Winners and Losers of 2015 International Free Agency
    2015
  • • Yoan Moncada's Record-Setting Bonus Shows System Inequities MLB Must Address
    2015
  • • Losing Yoan Moncada Might Not Stop Yankees' International Spending Spree
    2015
  • • Yoan Moncada to Sign with Red Sox: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
    2015

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INTERNATIONAL SIGNING PERIOD trade, contract, salary rumors

  • • Season Notes: Pandemic, Rules, Rays, Attendance
    Teams have their hands full today with the opening of the international signing period, as well as the now-passed deadline for arbitration agreements. While we sift through those financials, here’s the latest on how the pandemic continues to affect the sport… MLB hopes to bring back seven-inning doubleheaders and the runner-on-second-base extra-inning rule, writes USA…...2021
  • • Cardinals Sign Dominican Prospect Edwin Nunez
    The Cardinals have signed international amateur free agent Edwin Nunez for $525K, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America.  This deal comes as part of the extended 2019-20 international signing period, which will run until October 15 and was re-opened again on Friday when the transactions freeze was lifted. Like all other business in baseball,…...2020
  • • International Signing Period Pushed To January
    The signing period for international free agents typically begins July 2, but that won’t be the case this summer. Rather, according to Ben Badler of Baseball America and J.J. Cooper of BA, it will open Jan. 15, 2021, and conclude Dec. 15, 2021. A delayed signing period looked like the probable outcome when the owners…...2020
  • • MLB reaches deal about player pay, draft, service team for shortened 2020 season
    MLB and the players’ union have agreed on a deal related to a shortened 2020 baseball season. The deal will address numerous issues related to the delay in the baseball season due to the coronavirus pandemic. ESPN’s Jeff Passan says the owners are expected to ratify the deal on Friday. Here are some of the terms of the agreement, as reported by The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal and ESPN’s Jeff Passan. ...2020
  • • MLB Draft not actually expected to be canceled?
    Major League Baseball has suspended the start of its regular season due to the coronavirus outbreak, and one of the other significant changes that is being considered is the cancellation of the MLB Draft. One of the issues that could force the draft to be called off is the handling of service time, but apparently the league is hoping to work through that with the MLB Players’ Association. On Wedne...2020
  • • White Sox Reach Agreement With Norge Carlos Vera
    The Chicago White Sox are in agreement with international free agent Norge Carlos Vera, per ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel. The deal won’t become official until the opening of the new international signing period on July 2. Vera will collect a $1.5MM signing bonus. The deal would leave the White Sox with just under $3.9MM to spend…...2020
  • • Cuban prospect Oscar Colas defects, to seek MLB deal
    Cuban two-way prospect Oscar Colas has defected in hopes of landing a major league contract, Jeff Passan of ESPN tweets. Francys Romero of Las Mayores first reported on Colas’ defection. The 21-year-old Colas is an outfielder/pitcher who most recently played with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan, where he slashed .300/.353/.511 with 12 home runs in 295 plate appearances in 2019. As a left-hande...2020
  • • Top amateur Sanchez eligible to sign Tuesday
    Cuban shortstop Yolbert Sanchez will officially be eligible to sign a contract with a Major League club starting Tuesday, but it's unclear if he will sign with a team during the current international signing period that ends June 15 or wait until the next signing period that starts July 2....2019
  • • Mize headlines Tigers' midseason re-rankings
    The prospect landscape is always changing, and in our effort to provide the latest and most up-to-date lay of that land, MLB Pipeline is proud to present its annual midseason re-ranking of all of its top prospects lists. Every list -- from the Top 100 to the Top 10 by position to all 30 team Top 30 lists -- has been given a makeover to reflect performances, both good and bad, and to fold in 2018 d...2018
  • • Soroka heads new Top 30 Prospects list
    The prospect landscape is always changing, and in our effort to provide the latest and most up-to-date lay of that land, MLB Pipeline is proud to present its annual midseason re-ranking of all of its top prospects lists. Every list -- from the Top 100 to the Top 10 by position to all 30 team Top 30 lists -- has been given a makeover to reflect performances, both good and bad, and to fold in 2018 d...2018

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  • • Implications of Red Sox’ Ban from International Signing Period
    Yesterday, Baseball America’s Ben Badler reported that Major League Baseball was going to levy penalties against the Boston Red Sox due to improprieties perpetrated during last year’s International Signing Period. Today, Jeff Passan at Yahoo! Sports elaborated on that report. I’ve spoken with several international scouts about this news in an attempt to gauge the implications not only for the Red ...2016

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  • • San Diego Padres Fined for MLB Infraction Before International Draft
    2015
  • • MLB International Free Agency 2015: Preview, Predictions and Prospects to Watch
    2015
  • • Yoan Moncada's Record-Setting Bonus Shows System Inequities MLB Must Address
    2015
  • • Losing Yoan Moncada Might Not Stop Yankees' International Spending Spree
    2015
  • • Yoan Moncada Signing Would Complete Yankees' Plan to Buy a Farm System
    2015

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  • • Yoan Moncada to Sign with Red Sox: Latest Contract Details, Comments, Reaction
    2015
  • • Source: White Sox agree with Cuban RHP Vera
    The White Sox have agreed with Cuban right-handed pitcher Norge Carlos Vera on a deal that the sides expect to make official when the new international signing period opens July 2, a source told ESPN....2020
  • • Int'l signing day: Top prospect tracker
    The Braves made a big splash at the start of the international signing period on July 2, landing shortstop Kevin Maitan, No. 1 on MLB.com's Top 30 International Prospects list and the crown jewel of this year's class. The Padres reeled in six of the Top 30, and the A's signed Cuban phenom Lazaro "Lazarito" Armenteros....2016
  • • Who's signing the top 30 international prospects?
    The international market officially opens for business at 9 a.m. ET. Today marks the start of the 2015-16 international signing period, and the beginning of the professional careers for prospects across the world....2015
  • • Teams go global as int'l signing period begins
    Kevin Maitan, the crown jewel of international class of 2016 and the top prospect on MLB.com's list of Top 30 International Prospects, is among the talented young players who will sign during the international signing period that begins Saturday....2016
  • • Yankees Sign Ronny Rojas
    The Yankees have signed Dominican shortstop Ronny Rojas to a contract with a $1MM bonus, Ben Badler of Baseball America reports. New York had been the front-runner to land Rojas dating back to July 2, the opening of this year’s international signing period. Rojas wasn’t eligible to ink a deal until his 16th birthday on…...2017
  • • White Sox Reach Agreement With Norge Carlos Vera
    2020
  • • San Diego Padres Fined for MLB Infraction Before International Draft
    2015
  • • Sources: Astros expected to sign Cuban OF Leon
    Outfielder Pedro Leon, who defected from Cuba, is expected to sign with the Houston Astros for around $4 million when a new international signing period opens July 2, sources tell ESPN's Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel....2020
  • • Source: Sox agree with 3 top int'l prospects
    July 2, the first day of the international signing period, is one of the most anticipated days on the baseball calendar. It's the day dreams come true for teenage prospects across the globe, who they take their first big step toward becoming a professional baseball player. Nearly 6,000 international prospects have registered to sign with big league clubs during the current period. Hundreds will si...2017
  • • Mets sign pair of Top 30 int'l prospects
    July 2, the first day of the international signing period, is one of the most anticipated days on the baseball calendar. It's the day dreams come true for teenage prospects across the globe, who they take their first big step toward becoming a professional baseball player. Nearly 6,000 international prospects have registered to sign with big league clubs during the current period. Hundreds will si...2017
  • • International signing period opens Thursday
    July 2 marks the first day of the international signing period and the first day teens across the globe can sign with a Major League club....2015
  • • Teams scouting next wave of international prospects
    The start of the international signing period is months away, but teams have been hard at work scouting prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean since last summer in search of future stars....2016
  • • Sources: Yanks pull in big int'l prospect haul
    July 2, the first day of the international signing period, is one of the most anticipated days on the baseball calendar. It's the day dreams come true for teenage prospects across the globe, who they take their first big step toward becoming a professional baseball player. Nearly 6,000 international prospects have registered to sign with big league clubs during the current period. Hundreds will si...2017

INTERNATIONAL SIGNING PERIOD schedule, game

  • • MLB Draft not actually expected to be canceled?
    2020
  • • Top amateur Sanchez eligible to sign Tuesday
    2019
  • • Cards jump into international signing period
    Baseball's international signing period opened on Sunday with the Cardinals not only starting to spend their allotted bonus pool, but also trading some of that cap space away for other players....2017
  • • Implications of Red Sox’ Ban from International Signing Period
    2016
  • • Latest On Eddy Julio Martinez
    Top Cuban outfield prospect Eddy Julio Martinez remains unsigned a week after the beginning of the July 2 international signing period, but the Dodgers and Giants still lead the race to sign him, MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez writes. Both teams have workouts scheduled … ...2015
  • • Female 16-year-old French shortstop registered for MLB
    2015
  • • Yoan Moncada's Record-Setting Bonus Shows System Inequities MLB Must Address
    2015
  • • Losing Yoan Moncada Might Not Stop Yankees' International Spending Spree
    2015
  • • Yankees head toward spring training, offseason plan intact
    The New York Yankees had a plan for this offseason and despite some eye-candy on the free-agent market they have stuck to it. In recent winters, the Yankees tended to offer lip service about creating a new methodology for handling roster decisions and took a detour. As spring training is set to begin in the coming days, the club seems ready to proceed down the path originated in October.The idea h...2015

INTERNATIONAL SIGNING PERIOD rumors, scandals, hoax

  • • Shortstop Fox among top international prospects
    Lucius Fox is among the most coveted prospects for the upcoming international signing period that starts July 2 and his work ethic is one of the reasons why. Add a projectable body, advanced tools, and high school experience in the United States to his resume, and it's no surprise the international scouting world is buzzing about the 17-year-old shortstop as the new face of baseball in the Bahamas...2015
  • • Bahamian Fox among top international prospects
    Lucius Fox is among the most coveted prospects for the upcoming international signing period that starts July 2 and his work ethic is one of the reasons why. Add a projectable body, advanced tools, and high school experience in the United States to his resume, and it's no surprise the international scouting world is buzzing about the 17-year-old shortstop as the new face of baseball in the Bahamas...2015
  • • Losing Yoan Moncada Might Not Stop Yankees' International Spending Spree
    2015

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