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Badler: Yankees sign international free agent Angel Rojas

According to Ben Badler, the Yankees have signed Dominican shortstop Angel Rojas as an international free agent. Rojas is one of the 13 former Braves prospects who became a free agent earlier this offseason when the team was disciplined for their international free agency transgressions under former GM John Coppolella.

Badler says the Yankees paid Rojas a $350,000 bonus. Anything given to the ex-Braves prospects over $200,000 counts against the hard cap, so the extra $150,000 comes out of the $3.5M in unspent Shohei Ohtani money. Between his original Braves bonus and new Yankees bonus, Rojas netted $650,000 total.