International signing period 2017-18: Dodgers ink 26 prospects

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers officially announced the signing of 26 foreign amateur players on Tuesday, the second day of the international signing period.

Most of the players — 15 position players and 11 pitchers — gathered at the club’s facility in Campo Las Palmas in the Dominican Republic, where the picture above was taken.

During the 2017-18 international signing period, the Dodgers are limited in that they can’t sign any players for bonuses of more than $300,000. Three of the players announced by the Dodgers signed for this amount — Dominican outfielder Gorge Heredia and Dominican shortstop Amin Valdez, per Ben Badler at Baseball America; and Cuban outfielder Julio Enrique, per Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com.

Dominican shortstop Eddys Leonard signed for a reported $200,000, per Badler. The other bonuses are not known, but any signing bonus above $10,000 counts towards the total.

Their total bonus pool — now a hard cap with the new collective bargaining agreement — is $4.75 million plus whatever amount they received from the Orioles on Sunday for minor league pitcher Jason Wheeler.

Starting with the next international period, which begins on July 2, 2018, the Dodgers will not be limited on individual bonuses.

Of these 26 players, 19 are from the Dominican Republic. One is from Aruba — outfielder Mayron Cathalina. Here is an interview during his tryout with the Dodgers, from February:

Another prospect, outfielder Rushenten Tomsjansen, is from Curacao, and left-handed pitcher Andrew Budier is from Nicaragua.

I don’t have birthdates for all of these players, but most are 16 or 17, which means they were born in the 2000s, so before we all feel super old let’s just see the list of names.