While riveting to watch... it's actually quite sad and even enraging to watch what plays out like a form of modern day slavery.

[The] Directors...try to soften...ugly truths with sentimental stories of teenagers getting signed and pulling their families out of poverty, but the portrait of widespread exploitation overwhelms the intended effect...[ END HERE ]of these subplots

It's an eye-opening look at a flawed, potentially exploitative system and how it is being gamed from all sides of the table -- the story of the collision of youthful dreams and a cutthroat adult cartel.

Ballplayer: Pelotero is neither surprising, intriguing, nor enthralling.