The New York Yankees reportedly will be serious bidders on Cuban defector Adeinis Hechavarria when the Office of Foreign Assets Committee (OFAC) allows him to sign with MLB teams. His age and other information has to be verified by OFAC before he is eligible to sign in America. The Yankees have checked him out a couple of times recently, and sources say their interest has been there for a while. The Red Sox gave 19 year old shortstop Jose Iglesias $8 million, so Hechavarria will be commanding around $7 million in a signing bonus.
Current Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter will turn 36 years old in June. He has been the Yankees starting shortstop since 1996, the year the Yankees won their first championship in 18 years. Jeter has won five championships with the Yankees, getting his first one this past season in almost 10 years. The Yankees know Jeter's time is coming, where they'll have to look at a possible replacement for him. Jeter, however, will be the starting shortstop next year.
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