{"id":8224,"date":"2014-06-16T00:13:48","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T04:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=8224"},"modified":"2014-06-16T00:13:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T04:13:48","slug":"reds-finalizing-deal-for-cuban-right-hander-raciel-iglesias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2014\/06\/16\/reds-finalizing-deal-for-cuban-right-hander-raciel-iglesias\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds finalizing deal for Cuban right hander Raciel Iglesias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/06\/racieliglesias.jpg\" alt=\"racieliglesias\" width=\"594\" height=\"387\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/06\/racieliglesias.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/06\/racieliglesias-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/files\/2014\/06\/racieliglesias-85x54.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Cincinnati Reds are working on a deal to sign Cuban right hander Racel Iglesias.<\/p>\n<p>A deal between the two sides is reported to be five or six years and in the $15 million range. Iglesias threw for major league teams two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Source: Cuban P Raciel Iglesias is nearing a deal with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23Reds&amp;src=hash\">#Reds<\/a> worth over $15 million over 5\/6 years<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Max Wildstein \u26be\ufe0f (@MaxWildstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxWildstein\/statuses\/478379821857124352\">June 16, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Igelsias projects as a big league relief pitcher. The 24-year-old surely will need some time in the minor leagues but could become an option for the Reds later this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cincinnati Reds are working on a deal to sign Cuban right hander Racel Iglesias. A deal between the two sides is reported to be five or six years and in the $15 million range. Iglesias threw for major league teams two weeks ago. Source: Cuban P Raciel Iglesias is nearing a deal with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[384,503,501,786],"coauthors":[6],"class_list":["post-8224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-front","tag-mlb","tag-raciel-iglesias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8224"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8226,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8224\/revisions\/8226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8224"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}