UPDATE - ESPN is now reporting seven years, forty two million
Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig has reached agreement on a $42 million, seven-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources told Enrique Rojas of ESPNdeportesLosAngeles.com.
The agreement is pending a physical exam, and would be the largest dollar figure accorded a Cuban defector, surpassing the four-year, $36 million deal of Oakland Athletics outfielder Yoenis Céspedes in February.
According to Jesse Sanchez the Dodgers have signed Yasiel Puig to a 40 Million Dollar Deal.
According to an industry source, the Dodgers have agreed to a multiyear deal worth more than $40 million with 21-year-old international prospect Yasiel Puig, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound outfielder from Cuba.
A top prospect in the island’s premier league, the Cuban National Series (Serie Nacional), Puig hit .276 with five home runs during his first campaign with Cienfuegos in 2008-09 and had a breakout year the next season, hitting .330 with 17 home runs and 78 RBIs. He did not play for Cienfuegos during the 2011-12 seasons because he was being disciplined for attempting to defect.
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1. KT's Pot Arb Posted: June 28, 2012 at 03:26 PM (#4168846)Yeah, at least do "Puig in the City" or something...
At the same time, though, you're paying Cespedes less money for what are likely to be his prime seasons. You're paying Puig, first to be in the minor leagues, and then to be likely something less than the player he will eventually become.
Who the hell knows, ultimately...
Just call him Buabe.
Really bad headline.
But it makes me very hungry for a good Cuban sandwich.
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