[外電] MLB:請大家不要勸球員跑去國外

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40101592/mlb-push-kids-drop-evade-draft

Major League Baseball has sent a warning to clubs about encouraging players subject to the MLB draft to withdraw from high school baseball to become eligible to sign as international players. An MLB spokesman declined comment.

The key section of the memo sent to teams Monday and obtained by ESPN reads: "It has come to our attention that Clubs have been encouraging amateur players in the United States to withdraw from, or otherwise refrain from playing, high school baseball in the United States and/or Canada, in order to try to establish residency in a foreign country, in an effort to make themselves eligible to sign under the International Amateur Talent System instead of the Rule 4 Draft."

A recent example of a legal version of this maneuver was made by shortstop Lucius Fox in 2015. He was a native of the Bahamas who had moved to Florida to play high school baseball and was regarded as a fringe first-round prospect after hisjunior year of high school. Fox moved back to the Bahamas and was declared a free agent by the league in April 2015, eventually signing for $6 million with theSan Francisco Giants in July 2015.

大聯盟最近對各隊發出警告，要求球隊不準去遊說球員

藉由離開美國高中+回去母國

讓他們是透過國際業餘球員，而不是選秀進MLB

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ESPN有舉一個例子 A recent example of a legal version of this maneuver was made by shortstop Luciu s Fox in 2015. He was a native of the Bahamas who had moved to Florida to play h igh school baseball and was regarded as a fringe first-round prospect after his junior year of high school. Fox moved back to the Bahamas and was declared a fre e agent by the league in April 2015, eventually signing for $6 million with the San Francisco Giants in July 2015. 2015年的巴哈馬球員Lucius Fox 高中搬去佛州打球，當時被評為一輪貨 但之後又跑回巴哈馬，最後以國際業餘球員身分和巨人簽約（6M)