Magic Johnson, Los Angeles Dodgers, (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
The Los Angeles Dodgers plan on getting creative to try to sign undrafted players.
Magic Johnson might be the Dodgers’ secret weapon to sign undrafted free agents.
As Major League Baseball owners and players continue to negotiate the financial framework for a potential 2020 season, there is one area where the owners have already saved themselves money, and that is in the draft. Beyond cutting the number of rounds from 40 to only five, teams can only sign undrafted players to a maximum of $20,000 each.