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Dodgers officially sign Hector Olivera, Pablo Fernandez.

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Hector Olivera

Cuban infielder Hector Olivera, 30, received his visa eight days ago. On Monday he finalized a 6-year, $62 million deal with the Dodgers. (Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO — Hector Olivera’s six-year, $62.5 million contract with the Dodgers became official Tuesday. The contract is believed to contain a team option for a seventh year (2021) for $1 million, which triggers if Olivera undergoes Tommy John surgery on his balky right elbow.

Olivera, 30, will be 36 by then. Tuesday afternoon, he was en route the Dodgers’ extended spring training facility in Arizona before he is presumably assigned to a minor-league affiliate.

“We are excited to be adding two players to our organization that have consistently demonstrated their talent in Cuba as well as in international competition,” Dodgers president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman said in a statement. “We look forward to adding them to our organization and are confident they will be able to contribute to the Dodgers in the near future.”
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How do the Dodgers rank among the 50 Most Powerful in L.A. Sports?

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Andrew Friedman and Josh Byrnes. #Dodgers

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Today, the Los Angeles News Group launched its list of the “50 Most Powerful in L.A. Sports.” The list includes Magic Johnson, Mark Walter, Vin Scully, Clayton Kershaw, Stan Kasten, Mike Scioscia, Yasiel Puig and Andrew Friedman. Dodgers advisor Ned Colletti ranks among the “fallen five.”

The full list is here. Check out a photo gallery of the entire Top 50 here.

Xavier Cedeno set to join Dodgers today in San Diego.

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SAN DIEGO — As we reported Wednesday, recently acquired pitcher Xavier Cedeno is scheduled to join the Dodgers today at Petco Park. The 28-year-old left-hander needs a jersey number and a roster spot. Mike Bolsinger, who started Thursday in San Francisco, could be the odd man out.

What’s interesting about Cedeno is that he cannot be optioned to the minor leagues. So far, four of the players who have temporarily occupied the fifth starter’s roster spot — Chris Heisey, Darwin Barney, Adam Liberatore and Bolsinger — have had an option year to burn. The fifth, David Huff, did not and was subsequently designated for assignment. So Cedeno could be on a short leash.

Click here to see what Andrew Friedman said about Cedeno on Wednesday in San Francisco.

Dodgers spring training 2015: Another tie; Andrew Friedman feature.

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The Dodgers (8-2-5) tied the Rangers, 11-11. Those five ties matched a club spring training record that the Dodgers have two weeks to eclipse. Good luck, fellas.

The lowlight: Ramon Troncoso blew a save, which he did twice in his first incarnation as a Dodger.

The highlight: A seven-run fifth inning in which Howie Kendrick pummeled a Joe Beimel pitch deep to center field. Charley Steiner and Ned Colletti — yep, he’s filling in on SportsNet LA this week — were on the call.

The box score is here.

I took stock of the changes to the Dodgers organization under Andrew Friedman. You can read that story here.

Andrew Friedman explains how he analyzes the cost of signing Yoan Moncada.

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — For teams interested in signing 19-year-old Cuban prospect Yoan Moncada, it’s essential to ask whether they have enough money to compete with the Dodgers in a bidding war.

For the Dodgers, whose 2014 payroll was the highest in baseball history, money might not be their greatest obstacle.

More than the cost of his signing bonus — estimated in various reports to be between $30-$50 million, plus a 100 percent tax — Moncada might not appeal to the Dodgers because they would be restricted from signing cap-eligible international players to massive contracts for two years starting in July. Are the Dodgers willing to not bid more than $300,000 on cap-eligible free agents in the upcoming international signing period? What about in 2016-17?

Dodgers president Andrew Friedman called this a topic for debate “that we’ll always have.”

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