Ben Badler of Baseball America recently reported that Major League Baseball is considering implementing an international draft as soon as next year or 2021.
Badler, considered the point person on all things Latin America and specifically international free agency, reports that the owners are in favor of an international draft, and would prefer to do get it done before the current collective bargaining agreement expires after 2021.
However, doing this would require the MLB Players Association to sign off on it as well. Although, since the players are known to be largely unhappy with the current CBA, it isn’t a stretch to think that the owners could throw them a bone on an issue they care more about, such as service time requirements for free agency, and get this done.