{"id":187232,"date":"2023-01-15T12:55:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-15T12:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bonus-pools-for-2023-international-signing-market\/"},"modified":"2023-01-15T12:55:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-15T12:55:13","slug":"bonus-pools-for-2023-international-signing-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/bonus-pools-for-2023-international-signing-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonus Pools For 2023 International Signing Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
The 2023 international signing period opens on January 15, as the new collective bargaining agreement has formalized the mid-January start date that has been in place for the last two years. Previously opening on July 2 in pre-pandemic years, the 2020-21 int’l signing period was moved to January 2021 once COVID-19 overhauled the baseball calendar, and for at least the length of the current CBA, the international signing window will last from January 15 to December 15 of each year.<\/p>\n
Because the MLB Players Association continued to resist the league’s desires for an international draft system, the previous rules regarding international signings remain in place. All 30 teams have a set bonus pool for international signings that cannot be exceeded, though signing of $10K or less don’t count against a team’s pool cap. Clubs are once again allowed to trade bonus pool slots, as trades of pool money had been prohibited in the last two pandemic-impacted draft pool classes.<\/p>\n
Here is what each team has available to spend in the new int’l signing window, with a tip of the hat to MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez:<\/p>\n
$6,366,900:<\/strong> Athletics, Brewers, Mariners, Marlins, Rays, Reds, Tigers, Twins \u2026..These were the teams who had picks in Competitive Balance Round-B of the 2022 draft.<\/p>\n $5,825,500<\/strong>: Diamondbacks, Guardians, Orioles, Padres, Pirates, Rockies, Royals \u2026..These teams had picks in Competitive Balance Round-A of the 2022 draft.<\/p>\n $5,284,000<\/strong>: Astros, Blue Jays, Braves, Cardinals, Cubs, Giants, Mets, Nationals, White Sox, Yankees<\/p>\n $4,644,000<\/strong>: Angels, Phillies, Red Sox\u2026..Each of these teams surrendered $500K from their bonus pools because they signed a qualifying offer-rejecting free agent in the 2021-22 offseason. Los Angeles signed Noah Syndergaard<\/strong>Philadelphia signed Nick Castellanos<\/strong>and Boston signed Trevor Story<\/strong>.<\/p>\n $4,144,000<\/strong>: Dodgers, Rangers\u2026..These teams also signed QO-rejecting free agents during the 2021-22 offseason, as Texas took $500K penalties for both Marcus Semien<\/strong> and Corey Seager<\/strong>. Los Angeles had to give up $1MM from its pool in order to sign Freddie Freeman<\/strong>as the Dodgers received double the penalty because they exceeded the luxury tax threshold in 2021.<\/p>\n \n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The 2023 international signing period opens on January 15, as the new collective bargaining agreement has formalized the mid-January start date that has been in place for the last two years. Previously opening on July 2 in pre-pandemic years, the 2020-21 int’l signing period was moved to January 2021 once COVID-19 overhauled the baseball calendar, …<\/p>\n