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Preller capitalizes on CBA’s final year
- Updated: December 7, 2016
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — When all is said and done, the Padres will spend upwards of $70 million on international prospects during the current signing period. You won’t see that again any time soon — and certainly not within the next five years.
One of the more intriguing details of the recently agreed upon collective bargaining agreement is the cap on international spending. No team can exceed its signing bonus pool, and no signing bonus pool is greater than $5.75 million. (That number will grow incrementally with industry revenue).
Meanwhile, the Padres have already spent 12 times that much since the current signing period opened July 2. They’ve more than doubled the Braves, whose international investment of about $32 million ranks second in the Majors.
“It was part of the strategy that we looked at,” Preller said. “We thought it was a good year to sign some players we thought were going to be available that we …
