At long last, baseball’s international signing period for 2026 is officially here, which means countless amateur international prospects from across the world can officially sign with an MLB organization.
Although most of the prospects have already agreed to handshake agreements with the clubs that have been courting them, Thursday’s deadline is a tangible deadline that allows for both players and clubs to be able to build together toward a shared future of success.
The Guardians were no stranger to that deadline, as they inked 22 international prospects to contracts, with signing bonuses ranging from $800,000 to $10,000 (H/T to Guardians Prospective for compiling a list of all the players the Guardians were in on).