With the 2018 MLB Draft in the rearview mirror, Major League Baseball teams are widening their net in hopes of luring in even more top amateur talent. This time, their focus is global.
The international free-agent signing period begins on Monday, and National League East clubs are searching for the next wave of players to emerge from outside the United States. Traditional baseball hotbeds like Venezuela and the Dominican Republic remain loaded with aspiring 16 and 17-year-olds ready to make the leap into professional baseball. But with baseball's popularity worldwide, talented players are surfacing across the globe, and teams are looking to uncover them throughout the Caribbean to Asia.