MLBPA Rejects MLB’s International Draft Proposal; Qualifying Offer System Remains

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The Major League Baseball Players Associated rejected MLB’s latest proposal to stage an an international draft.

“Players made clear from the outset that any International Draft must meaningfully improve the status quo for those players and not unfairly discriminate between those players and domestic entrants,” the union stated Monday. “To this end, the Players Association made a series of proposals aimed at protecting and advancing the rights of international amateurs.”

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