Rays sign Cuban 1B Leslie Anderson (1 Viewer)

[Capella]

http://www.draysbay.com/2010/3/11/1368148/...ign-cuban-first

Saw a few people compare him to James Loney. Anybody see him play in the WBC or other event?

 

[Chiwawa]

That's a pretty zany name for a Cuban.

 

[JJP]

That's a pretty zany name for a Cuban.

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe he's a Norwegian/Cuban mix.

 

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Rays Sign Leslie AndersonBy Tim Dierkes [March 11 at 11:35am CST]The Rays signed Cuban first baseman/outfielder Leslie Anderson to a four-year, $3.75MM deal, tweets Jorge Ebro of El Nuevo Herald. ESPN's Jorge Arangure Jr. wrote in February that Anderson auditioned for nine clubs, and quoted two scouts who came away unimpressed. Morgan Campbell of the Toronto Star said half the teams in baseball attended, and called Anderson "a chiselled Adonis of a baseball prospect." One scouting report on the 27-year-old can be found at the blog Cuban Ball Players.Anderson defected in September, and in January his agent Jaime Torres compared him to Alexei Ramirez.

A chiselled Adonis of a baseball prospect? I don't know if a comparison to Alexei Ramirez is all that flattering.....especially for a 1st baseman.