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Fixing Dominican Republic Baseball

By Jorge Arangure Jr.

Friday, March 13, 2009

1. International Draft Why it works: An international draft would help slot players into a specified bonus amount, like the American draft, and at the same time would allow teams to more evenly compete for players. Why it doesn't work: Firstly, there is no infrastructure of organized baseball in which to scout amateur Dominican players. Therefore teams would often be putting players into a specified bonus slot even though they weren't sure if they were first, second or third round talent, ...

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