international draft

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-mlbpa-remain-far-apart-in-international-draft-negotiations-as-july-25-deadline-looms-per-report/

Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association remain "very far
apart" on negotiations concerning the implementation and format of an
international draft, according to ESPN's Alden González. The two sides
deferred on the issue in March when they reached a new Collective
Bargaining Agreement. That deferral came with a deadline, however, and
that deadline (July 25) is now just weeks away.

González notes that the league originally offered a 20-round draft with
hard slotting, with $181 million going toward draftees and a $20,000
limit on free agents. The union countered with a 20-round proposal that
includes no cap on individual slots, with a request for $260 million
going toward draftees, and a $40,000 limit on free agents.

For those keeping score, that means the two sides are $79 million apart
in the total draft bonus pool size, as well as $20,000 off on the
free-agent limit. They also disagree about the hard-slotting aspect.

Should the two sides fail to reach agreement on an international draft
format by the deadline, then the qualifying offer and free-agent
compensation systems will remain in place. If the sides do come to terms
on an international draft format, then the qualifying offer and
free-agent compensation will go away.

The league has claimed it wants to install the draft in order to more
fairly allocate talent among teams and to curb abuses in the amateur
free-agent market -- including the prevalence of players agreeing to
contracts when they're 13 or 14 years old, several birthdays before
they're eligible to sign.