• Three who'll define Cuban FA market

  • By Jorge Arangure Jr. | March 17, 2010 11:38:05 AM PDT

Unless he fails a physical or there's an issue in his visa process, Cuban defector shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria will likely finalize his four-year, $10 million contract with the Toronto Blue Jays sometime in the next week or so. While most scouts agree that Hechavarria is athletically gifted -- a whiz with the glove -- almost all scouts also agree that he his offense is suspect.

Yet the $10 million given to Hechavarria would have made him the second-highest paid player in last year's amateur draft, trailing only highly-regarded Stephen Strasburg, who netted just $5 million more than Hechavarria and is considered much more of a sure thing.


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