FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Cuban defector Leonys Martin has finalized a $15.5 million, five-year contract with the Texas Rangers.
The Rangers formally announced the deal with the speedy outfielder Wednesday. The contract, the second-largest for a Cuban defector, includes a $5 million signing bonus and salaries of $500,000 this year, $1.25 million in 2012, $2.25 million in 2013, $2.75 million in 2014 and $3.75 million in 2015.
Hard-throwing left-hander Aroldis Chapman got a $30.25 million, six-year deal from Cincinnati Reds in January 2010.
Texas will start Martin at extended spring training in Surprise, Ariz. The outfielder had already been working out this week at the …
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