In a recent showcase with prospects of 14 and 13 years, that is, who will be able to sign between 2023 and 2024, only between the players of two coaches there are around US $ 20 million in pre-agreements, according to a report obtained by Diario Libre.
But those “swipes” would lose all value no matter how much “gallero word” there is between the bidder and the buyer if Major League Baseball implements the international draw as soon as with the 2022 class, as league executives informed a group of coaches. with whom he met on Thursday.
At the meeting, the trainers and agents were informed that the draft would consist of 20 rounds, so the number of signatures would be set at 600 for amateur players trained outside the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. A reduction of around 40% compared to the last fiscal year (2019-2020) when 1,023 players were recruited.
That year, the teams allocated US $ 164 million to recruiting young people, mostly from the Dominican Republic with 471, according to league reports.
However, the draft that was presented to the coaches did not reveal fringes such as the thresholds that the rounds would have or the limits that there would be with those players who are recruited via free agency.
The MLB would implement the draft if it was approved in the labor agreement that it is already negotiating with the players’ union and that would regulate the labor relationship between the parties for the next five years. In a recent interview with DL, players union president Tony Clark said he disagrees with the draft.
This new scheme promises to eliminate pre-agreements, early school dropouts and create a framework where teams conduct player evaluations based on the performance and skills that they show in real play at an age closer to the one they can sign.
A scenario that can force preparers to delay the age at which they recruit children, reduce their workforce and rethink the entire system as it is known today.
In the same way, it would be a system that would not end the careers of a significant bulk of young people at age 15 as is currently the case, since by continuing to play beyond that age players could improve their tools and even increase their Value to enter the sweepstakes later when you are 17 and 18 years old.
Last week, a delegation of MLB executives informed the Dominican Government during a visit to the National Palace the details of the new process that it plans to implement for the firms.
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