Until you get to level 4, yes. Once you get to Level 4, you can enter "Negotiations", in which you can submit a direct bid to a player's owner which will cost you at minimum 7-9 tokens. Additonal amounts over the player's market value cost more tokens.
All of the players you get that way are 1 skill point away from going Scout level. Unlike the Scout players, not all Negotiations players have special abilities.