When details of the new baseball collective bargaining agreement started to leak out Wednesday night, one aspect, in particular, caught the eye of Rangers GM Jon Daniels.
It was the flattening out of bonus pools for International Scouting, putting all teams, more or less, on a level playing field there. There will be no international draft, but there also won’t be a huge difference between what the team with the worst record in the majors gets to spend on young Latin talent and the best.
The Rangers view this as something of a competitive advantage.
Or, at the very least, it’s more of a competitive balance.