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River Ave. Blues ยป Report: New CBA to include hard cap for international signings

Report: New CBA to include hard cap for international signings

November 16, 2011 by Mike 50 Comments

Report: Type-B Free Agent Compensation Likely To Be Eliminated
Open Thread: Cole Hamels

Via Melissa Segura, the new Collective Bargaining Agreement will include both a hard cap and floor for international free agent signings. It’s unclear when this would be put into place. I have to think veterans from Japan would be excluded since MLB has traditionally treated those players like big league free agents, not amateurs.

The hard cap is very bad news for the Yankees, who are annually among the top spenders in Latin America and really build the backbone of their farm system through international free agency. I also have no idea how MLB intends to promote the game internationally by imposing what amounts to a salary cap for players outside of the United States. Just doesn’t make sense to me, but I guess that’s why I’m not the one calling the shots.

Report: Type-B Free Agent Compensation Likely To Be Eliminated
Open Thread: Cole Hamels

Filed Under: Asides, International Free Agents Tagged With: Collective Bargaining Agreement

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