The 2015-16 MLB International Signing Period began this year on July 2nd, a little more than a week ago. Each season, all 30 major league teams are assigned a certain amount of bonus pool of money they can use to sign players, and a team faces harsh penalties for going too far over their pool. This year, the Milwaukee Brewers’ bonus pool was allotted at $2,389,300.
With a little over a week gone by since the signing period started, the Brewers have been relatively active on this year’s market. There were very few rumors connecting the Brewers to anyone during the run up to this signing period, but Milwaukee has signed two international free agents so far: catcher Jose Sibrian and outfielder Jesus Lujano.