Report: Dodgers spent $96 million to sign international amateurs in 2015-16.

While we wait for the final list of international amateurs the Dodgers signed in the 2015-16 period, we have a report on their combined cost: about $48 million in bonuses, according to Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com.

Because the Dodgers face a 100 percent tax on every dollar spent over their international bonus pool — $2,020,300 according to Baseball America — their total bill is close to $96 million.

Rosenthal couches those figures in the context of economic disparity. Few teams have that kind of money to spend in such a speculative market. In fact, six teams opened the season with major league payrolls below $96 million — the Reds, Braves, Athletics, Marlins, Rays and Brewers.

The Dodgers capped the 2015-16 international amateur spending period by signing Cuban outfielder Yordan Alvarez.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.