Buster Olney reported that this year the Rangers spent over $17 million in international signings and bonuses. They have the most extensive and productive international scouting dept. The new CBA will limit teams to just $2.9 million per year for those international signings and has the potential to squash years of work that the Rangers have put in to gain an advantage outside of the U.S. Essentially MLB is wanting to divert money from big bonuses to amatuer players so that more money is available for established players. But, for teams who devote a lot of their budget to signing international prospects or wooing 2-sport stars toward baseball with big signing bonuses, it will hurt. A lot of what I've read is critical of the deal because it will hurt small revenue teams who rely on scouting and development and will make baseball less attractive to those 2-sport stars in high school or college.
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Interest fact that I missed.
J.
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