Every team will have a hard cap, reportedly close to $5 million, to sign international free agents. In the old system, teams had bonus pools dependent on their record from the previous season. The worse you were, the more amateur money you had. The Phillies, who had the worst record in 2015, had $5.6 million to spend on international amateurs in 2016. They spent it all, a team source said. But they might regret not spending more, now that it appears all teams are equal.