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Red Sox penalized for international signing violations.
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In an unprecedented ruling, Major League Baseball found the Red Sox guilty of circumventing the rules for signing teenage prospects from Latin America by inflating their signing bonuses behind the scenes.

The punishment was severe. Five Red Sox prospects were declared free agents Friday and the team is prohibited from signing any international amateur players until July 2, 2017. This is the first time MLB has taken players away from a team.

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MLB Imposes International Signing Ban On Red Sox, Voids Five Contracts.
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I had a poor cell phone connection when I interviewed Tigers pitching prospect Beau Burrows a few weeks ago. The 19-year-old right-hander ? Detroit?s first-round pick last year ? was at his home ballpark in West Michigan as I struggled to catch as many of his words as possible.

While part of our conversation was too fuzzy to transcribe, I did catch his observations on pro ball versus high school ball.

?There?s definitely a lot more baseball,? Burrows told me. ?Once you?re drafted, it?s baseball, baseball, baseball. That hasn?t been a surprise. I had some buddies in pro baseball, and coaches who have gone through it, so I knew it would be a grind, an everyday thing.?

Also captured was his answer to my question about pitch counts and whether he was overextended as a Texas prep.

?I always want to go out there and throw the whole game, but that?s not how things work nowadays,? said Burrows. ?I?m OK with how I?m being used here? In high school, I threw about 100 pitches a game, once a week. Our coaches monitored us really well.?

Burrows has worked 58 innings over 12 appearances this season for the low-A Whitecaps. His ERA stands at 2.79.

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