Alvarez's signing by the Dodgers came up in another thread. It may be part of a bigger story:
Álvarez was a Dodgers signee.
Yes, here's the
announcement of his signing.
The Dodgers
fired the majority of their international scouting department "not long after that signing period opened."
During the 2015-16 signing period, the Dodgers invested around $97 million between signing bonuses and tax money on international prospects subject to the bonus pools. Much of that money went toward signing three Cuban players--righthander Yadier Alvarez, outfielder Yusniel Diaz and second baseman Omar Estevez--and doesn't include the six-year, $30 million deal they gave Cuban righthander Yaisel Sierra, who was exempt from the pools.
Not long after that signing period opened, the Dodgers also fired vice president of international scouting Bob Engle, Latin American scouting coordinator Patrick Guerrero and the majority of their international scouting staff.
Did a search some time ago. Believe several of their million-dollar 2015-16 signees were traded, in addition to Alvarez!. Others had poor starts. Some quick searches would reveal where others ended up.
Interesting stuff.
