Yasmani Tomas Works Our For Arizona Diamondbacks
By Tony Fischer
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Yasmani Tomas, the next best player to come out of Cuba, held a private workout for the Arizoan Diamondbacks according to Chris Cotillo Baseball Insider for MLB Daily Dish.
Source: #DBacks held private workout for Yasmany Tomas today. Told he "absolutely demolished" the baseball.
— Chris Cotillo (@ChrisCotillo) November 3, 2014
Yasmani Tomas is projected to get a contract worth more than the one Rusney Castillo signed with the Boston Red Sox.
Although he is still developing, the 23-year-old outfield is has major league power and could be an anchor in the Diamondbacks outfield while providing middle of the line-up power. His offense is solid but questions about his defense and base running skills may scare teams away.
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So far the other teams that have shown interest are the San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Philadelphia Phillies.
Yasmani Tomas will command between $22-25 million a year which means the penny wise Diamondbacks will have to cealr some payroll to make room for any potential contract. That is a lot of money for a developement project. That said it could be worth the investment for the rebuilding Diamondbacks who aren’t expected to compete for at least a couple of seasons.