The Yomiuri Giants have landed Venezuelan slugger Roberto Petagine with a two-year deal carrying an annual salary of $6 million, officials of the Central League club said Tuesday.
Roberto PetagineThe agreement was reached in a meeting between Yomiuri deputy general manager Koichi Takayama and Petagine's agent in New York on Monday, during which the 31-year-old first baseman joined the negotiations over the telephone from his native Venezuela.