Their allotted international signing pool was $2,335,000. December workouts at the Nationals’ Dominican academy in Boca Chica. The rules for signing international players could change by next season under a new CBA. Before that, the most the Nationals had ever spent was in 2006, when they spent $1.4 million on eventually infamous Smiley Gonzalez. This year’s class includes another Dominican shortstop, Luis Garcia — the seventh-best international prospect according to MLB.com — to a deal worth $1.3 million.

Source: Washington Post July 02, 2016 19:13 UTC