The Power of Incentives or the Decline of Puerto Ricans in the MLB From: portfolio.com

Puerto Rico then had the unfortunate honor of being included in the MLB amateur draft in 1990 — the only territory outside of the 50 U.S. states and Canada to be part of the draft — “meaning that players from the island were subject to the same signing rules and terms of draft eligibility as players in the U.S. and Canada.”

This was unfortunate because now Puerto Rican amateurs players — i.e. teenage boys — weren’t eligible for big contracts from MLB organizations like other players from foreign countries. This also meant that teams no longer had an incentive to put money into facilities and training into the island since now their chances of holding onto players they groomed were greatly diminished.”*

*From: www.portfolio.com
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