NEW: Major League Baseball has long known about teams making handshake deals with Dominican players as young as 11 — and the predatory industry that has grown around this system.
But it’s never publicly warned or penalized a team for making an early deal.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dominican-republic-baseball-factory-traps-players-mlb-santo-caraballo?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #MLB #Baseball #DominicanRepublic #Children #Sports
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