Baseball Acquisition Intelligence
How effectively does each MLB organization acquire, develop, retain, trade and convert amateur talent into organizational value? BAI studies two equal acquisition channels — international signings and the amateur draft — on public data, with explicit coverage and provenance.
30
Organizations
1,612
Players
297
International signings tracked
12 signing periods recorded
1,291
Draft selections tracked
12 drafts recorded
175
Coverage assessments
10 support population rates
177
Sources
Read model generation 22, refreshed 2026-10-25. Tracked counts are not complete populations; see Research for coverage.
International
Signing periods, signings, markets, trainers and academies. Cost components kept separate.
Draft
Drafts, selections and signings as separate facts — unsigned and repeat picks included.
Organizations
All 30 franchises with stable identities and name history.
Research
Methodology, coverage states and what the data can and cannot support.