Freicer Perez | RHP
Background
Freicer Perez was signed by the Yankees for the bargain basement price of $10,000 back in 2014. A native of Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic, the second-largest city in the country, Perez was a relative unknown in that year’s international free agent class, and was little more than a footnote in the Yankees spending spree that summer. He was also the veritable ‘old man’ of the group, as he was a few months beyond his 18th birthday when he signed. By the time the summer was over the Yankees had spent around $17 MM in bonuses, and another $12-plus MM in taxes.