Breaking Down the Los Angeles Dodgers’ International Signings so Far

July 2 was the beginning of the international free-agent signing period, and each team has a certain amount of money it is allowed to spend. The process used to determine this number is similar to the one used to determine draft pools, in that teams with worse records get more money and vice versa. As a result of their excellent 2014 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers had just over $2 million to spend.

However, they chose to go way over that limit. The penalties for doing so are not very harsh. Teams must pay a tax and forfeit the right to sign players for over $300,000 for the next two seasons.

Teams like the Dodgers choose to do this because there is not as large a difference as one would expect between players who...

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