Dodgers sign 46 prospects during 2018-19 international signing period

The 2018-19 international signing period came to an end on Saturday, and the Dodgers ended up with a pretty substantial haul, including one of the top prospects in the class.

Here’s the full list of 46 players (that I could find, at least).

Player	Position	Age	Country	Bonus
Diego Cartaya	C	16	Venezuela	$2,500,000
Osvanni Gutierrez	RHP	17	Cuba	$600,000
Jerming Rosario	RHP	16	Dominican Rep.	$600,000
Alex De Jesus	3B	16	Dominican Rep.	$500,000
Jorge Gonzalez	RHP	16	Dominican Rep.	$390,000
Hyun-Il Choi	RHP	19	South Korea	$300,000
Joel Ibarra	SS	16	Mexico	$300,000
Huei-Sheng Lin	RHP	20	Taiwan	$300,000
Hao-Chun Cheng	RHP	21	Taiwan	$200,000
Jose Ramos	OF	18	Panama	$30,000
Eli Moron	RHP	17	Colombia	unknown
Raidel Chacon	RHP	24	Cuba	unknown
Marlon Cairo	OF	23	Cuba	unknown
Heisell Baro	RHP	17	Cuba	unknown
Denverick Martines	OF	18	Curacao	unknown
Igor Avila	LHP	22	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Horacio Andujar	RHP	20	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Cristian Peralta	LHP	19	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Juan De La Cruz	RHP	18	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Francisco Feliz	IF	18	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Jose Mendez	LHP	18	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Luis Morales	OF	18	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Samuel Ruben	RHP	18	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Frankelyn Feliz	RHP	17	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Bladimir De La Rosa	SS	17	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Juan Diaz	OF	17	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Frank Rodriguez	C	17	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Christian Hidalgo	OF	17	Dominican Rep.	unknown
Yujo Kitagata	RHP	25	Japan	unknown*
Hendrick Briones	RHP	17	Mexico	unknown
Nelson Quiroz	C	17	Mexico	unknown
Jose Igancio Rodriguez	RHP	17	Mexico	unknown
Miguel Jarrett	RHP	19	Panama	unknown
Jose Aguilar	OF	18	Venezuela	unknown
Christian Suarez	LHP	18	Venezuela	unknown
Jose Garcia	C	17	Venezuela	unknown
Jefferson Valladares	C	17	Venezuela	unknown
Darwin Arainamo	OF	16	Venezuela	unknown
Ender Avendano	SS	16	Venezuela	unknown
Miguel Droz	SS	16	Venezuela	unknown
Edgardo Henriquez	RHP	16	Venezuela	unknown
Isaac Rodriguez	LHP	16	Venezuela	unknown
Luis Izturis	SS	16	Venezuela	unknown
Gregory Pereira	OF	16	Venezuela	unknown
Jeremi Rodriguez	RHP	16	Venezuela	unknown
Rafael Tua	RHP	16	Venezuela	unknown
Total				$5,770,000
International pool				$4,983,500
Difference				($786,500)

*Bonus amount doesn’t count because he doesn’t fall under the international signing rules.

The Dodgers are more than three-quarters of a million dollars in the red, but I’m sure that’s either a math error on my end, a misreporting of bonus amounts and/or the Dodgers acquired enough international slot money to make up for the difference. I’m guessing it’s the third option, because they acquired money from the Reds when they reacquired Dylan Floro last July.

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Since the international signing rules are a bit more complicated than even the MLB Draft rules, here’s a refresher.

Rules

The international signing period, known as the July 2 period, is the time when teams can sign international prospects not subject to the MLB Draft. There used to be looser signing rules, but the new Collective Bargaining Agreement has put an end to a team going over its bonus pool, as the Dodgers did two years ago.

Since the Dodgers were a luxury tax team, they were allotted $4,983,500 to sign players from July 2, 2018 through June 15. Of the reported bonuses I could find, the Dodgers spent just north of $5 million in that time. Any prospect signed for $10,000 or less does not count toward the bonus pool. The age cutoff for players whose bonuses count toward the pool is 25 years old. Any player 25 or older doesn’t have his signing bonus count toward the pool. The full rules area available here.

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The next international signing class begins on July 2. They’ve been linked to Venezuelan outfielder Luis Rodriguez, one of the best all-around players available during the 2019-20 signing period. We’ll see who else they land.