Starting today, teams will be allowed to sign international players for the 2023 international signing period.
Newly eligible to sign are players who turned 16 before September 1, 2022. A majority of the players signing today will be first-time eligible players, most 16-17 years old.
The Pittsburgh Pirates have been connected to some big names, but don’t expect today to be the busiest/best day of their signing class.
The Pirates signed a total of 28 players last year in a signing period that ran from January 15th through December 15th. More than half of those players (18) signed on January 15th, and another first-day player signed on the 17th.