Dodgers sign Cuban Pitcher for $30M

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The Los Angeles Dodgers and Cuban pitcher Yaisel Sierra have finalized a $30 million, six-year contract.

The 24-year-old right-hander will get a $6 million signing bonus in the deal announced Sunday.

Sierra pitched five seasons in Cuba's Serie Nacional with Holguin (2010-14) and Sancti Spiritus (2012), going 16-21 with 25 saves and a 4.23 ERA in 131 games. He pitched for the country's gold medal-winning national team in the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games.

Sierra is among a string of Cuban players the Dodgers have signed, starting with Yasiel Puig, who received a $42 million, seven-year deal in 2012. Puig's stellar rookie season led to the team signing Erisbel Arruebarrena for $25 million, Alex Guerrero for $28 million, and Hector Olivera for $62.5 million. The trio of infielders has yet to match Puig's success.

In recent months, the Dodgers have signed three Cuban pitchers: Yadier Alvarez and prospects Yusniel Diaz and Omar Estevez.

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4.23 ERA and he gets paid $30M.

Only one of those people really worked out well, and he's not really that consistent.

They just love signing Cuban players for Millions.

 

[catman]

I have heard a few reports on this guy and the jury is out as to his real value. Some say he will need to be a bullpen arm, others say he might be a useful starter. No one, so far, thinks he will be a "stud" pitcher.

 

[Panic!]

I have heard a few reports on this guy and the jury is out as to his real value. Some say he will need to be a bullpen arm, others say he might be a useful starter. No one, so far, thinks he will be a "stud" pitcher.

I think he was a closer in Cuba. Not sure though.