The Buzz

With the Yankees' recent signings of Cuban refugee righthander Orlando Hernandez for $6.6 million and 16-year-old righthander Ricardo Aramboles of the Dominican Republic for $1.5 million, some major league owners are renewing efforts to expand the June free-agent draft to include players from all over the world. In addition to U.S. high school and college players, the draft would encompass amateurs from Latin America , some Asian countries and Australia , though probably not Cuba . Acting commissioner Bud Selig says the impetus for baseball's movement toward a worldwide draft is the fear that a few wealthy franchises can outbid the rest of the sport for any elite foreign prospect.