Sometimes you take a bet on someone and it doesn’t quite work out. That’s especially true in Major League Baseball and in the International Free Agent market. The Dodgers have landed quite a few big names there over the years, but they’ve also had a few fall flat.
One of those guys is Yaisel Sierra. Highly touted coming out of Cuba, Sierra was picked up on a $30 million deal by the Dodgers after he defected in 2015. Now 30 years old, Sierra has yet to pitch a big league inning. He ended the year pitching with the Triple-A team and getting hit very hard in the process.