2017-18 International Signing Period: Dodgers Announce Addition Of 26 Prospects
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Los Angeles Dodgers

The Los Angeles Dodgers announced the signing of 26 amateur free agents on the second day of the 2017-18 international signing period. The period began Monday, July 2, and runs through June 15, 2018.

Los Angeles signed 15 position players (seven infielders, seven outfielders and one catcher) and 11 pitchers (nine right-handers and two left-handers). Nineteen of the international signings hail from the Dominican Republic, 10 of whom are pitchers.

Three were signed out of Venezuela and one player each from Cuba, Curacao, Aruba and Nicaragua. The Dodgers did not release signing bonus details for any of the players.

According to Ben Badler of Baseball America, Dominican Republic outfielder George Heredia and Dominican shortstop Amin Valdez each received $300,000 bonuses. Cuban outfielder Julio Enrique also received a $300,000 signing bonus, per Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com.

Due to exceeding their bonus pool in previous years, the Dodgers cannot sign any pool-eligible free agents to a bonus greater than $300,000.

They entered the current international signing period with a $4.75 million hard-cap bonus pool allotment. The Dodgers added an undisclosed amount to that this week by trading Jason Wheeler to the Baltimore Orioles.

Any signing bonus greater than $10,000 counts against their pool total. Complete list of the international signings the Dodgers announced included below.

PositionNameCountry
CJenderson JardinesVenezuela
SSYhostin ChirinosVenezuela
SSEddys LeonardDominican Republic
SSVladimir PerezDominican Republic
SSAmin ValdezDominican Republic
IFRandy RodriguezDominican Republic
IFJesus ValdezDominican Republic
IFJorbit VivasVenezuela
OFMayron CathalinaAruba
OFJulio EnriqueCuba
OFJimmie FelizDominican Republic
OFGorge HerediaDominican Republic
OFBrayan RodriguezDominican Republic
OFRushenten TomsjansenCuracao
OFImanol VargasDominican Republic
RHPJeffry AbreuDominican Republic
RHPAxel AcevadoDominican Republic
RHPJonathan AlvarezDominican Republic
LHPAndrew BudierNicaragua
RHPJeisson CabreraDominican Republic
RHPDarlin CamiloDominican Republic
RHPDaniel CruzDominican Republic
RHPCarlos De Los SantosDominican Republic
LHPBenony RoblesDominican Republic
RHPMartin SantanaDominican Republic
RHPJonathan VasquezDominican Republic