Dayan Viciedo, a 19-year-old Cuban baseball prospect, signed an $11 million contract with the Chicago White Sox. Viciedo had recently defected from Cuba and was living in South Florida.
Viciedo will likely play third base for the White Sox, however he also has some experience in the outfield. While in Cuba, he was a star player when he was only 16 years old while playing in the top Cuban league.
The White Sox have had a lot of success with Cubans recently, specifically with Jose Contreras and Alexei Ramirez. Ramirez was second in the American League in the Rookie of the Year …read more

On Tuesday, the Minnesota Twins will play the Chicago White Sox for a spot in the 2008 baseball playoffs. Both teams finished with a record of 88-74 and must play game number 163 to determine who has to right to advance to the postseason.
To even force this final game, the White Sox had to beat the Detroit Tigers on Monday. They did so by a final score of 8-2. The big hit in the game was authored by second baseman Alexei Ramirez in the form of a grand slam.
While the Twins have been playing well recently, the White Sox come …read more

Alexei Ramirez is one of the latest Cuban defectors to land in a big-league organization. He played second base in the game I saw, and didn’t do much to distinguish himself one way or the other, but some folks think he’ll end up in the outfield. As you can see, Ramirez has quite the uppercut swing.