INTERNATIONAL AGE
The significance and visibility of the international signing period increases each year as young players from Latin America burst onto the major league scene.
The 2015 international signing class underscored this point by making headlines in 2019. World Series champion Juan Soto, American League Rookie of the Year Yordan Alvarez and preseason No. 1 overall prospect Vladimir Guerrero Jr. all signed in 2015.
So too did Fernando Tatis Jr., who finished third in National League Rookie of the Year voting—and might have won the
