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
NEW on “Paper Trail”: We uncovered how the MLB enabled a shadow industry in the Dominican Republic.
This is the story of a supernaturally talented child set to receive a $1.8M signing bonus — only for him and his family to lose almost all of it.
Listen to the full episode: https://www.propublica.org/podcast/dominican-republic-baseball-mlb-pipeline-david-ortiz?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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ProPublica uncovered the machinery of the Dominican Republic baseball factory and the lenders and trainers who exploit players as young as 11.
Here are the key findings from our reporting.
https://www.propublica.org/article/dominican-republic-baseball-major-league-takeaways?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
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