Today marks the start of the 2021-22 international signing period, which runs until December 15th. Most of the money spent during this 11-month signing period will be spent today/tomorrow by all 30 teams in baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates are one of a handful of teams with a bonus pool worth $6,262,600, which is the highest amount this year. That’s a hard cap, with no chance to acquire more bonus pool space through trades like they did in some previous signing periods.
We will start hearing bonus numbers being announced on Twitter (not by teams) around 9 AM today.