Dodgers To Fast Track Hector Olivera To Majors

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Updated: May 20, 2015

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The Los Angeles Dodgers officially signed Hector Olivera to a 6-year 62.5 million deal yesterday. They announced the signing on their Twitter account.

Today, #Dodgers announced the signings of Cuban IF Hector Olivera to a 6-year contract & Cuban RHP Pablo Fernandez to a minor league deal.

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) May 19, 2015

After months of wooing and negotiating they finally won the bidding war and reached an agreement. Then they had to wait another few months for him to get his visa and pass physicals. Now that he’s in the states and training Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register believes the Dodgers will put him in the fastpass line to The Show.

Olivera will join the single-A affiliate Rancho Cucamonga sometime next week and then be moved up to Triple-A Oklahoma City.

When asked about when he feels he’ll be ready Olivera stated 3-4 weeks. Here is an excerpt from Plunkett’s article.

His personal timetable has him in a major-league uniform before the All-Star break.

“Three or four weeks to prepare myself and I should be ready by then to play at the big-league level,” Olivera said through an interpreter Tuesday evening. “Mentally, I’m very prepared. I know what it takes to be a major-leaguer. I also know the conditions of how difficult it is to play here at the major-league level.”

It will be interesting to see how close the Olivera is to his prediction. The 30-year Cuban has made a lot of buzz this offseason and the fans are ready to see if he will live up to the hype.

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