Yasiel Puig is $42 million richer today, thanks to a Dodgers franchise with something to prove

Of all the analyses offered in the wake of the Los Angeles Dodgers signing Cuban outfielder Yasiel Puig to an enormous contract, I thought Lone Star Ball offered the most astute observation : I didn't even know there was a Yasiel Puig. Indeed, while I may have been aware of Puig's existence at one point I had forgotten about him until waking up on Thursday morning. That was when we learned that Puig got paid to the tune of seven years and $42 million . It's the richest deal ever signed by a Cuban defector, besting the six-year, $36 million contract that Yoenis Cespedes signed with the A's after a lot more hype and attention last winter. From ESPN LA :