Jon Heyman broke the news last night, that Wily Mo Pena has signed a minor league deal with the Cleveland Indians. Per the terms of the deal, he’ll earn $700k if he’s able to make the major league roster.
At 35, Pena has played just 39 games in the MLB since 2009, so it’s safe to say that him making a major league roster will be a long shot. Since leaving the Seattle Mariners, he’s spent four of the last five years crushing 600-foot home runs in the Japanese League:
Wily Mo’s baseball career has kind of been the equivalent of a one-man long-drive competition.