Sixteen-year old Ricardo Arámboles (6 feet 4 inches tall, 195 lbs.) could become the baseball recruit to receive the highest bonus for joining U.S. professional baseball. Arámboles, a right-handed pitcher, leaves tomorrow for Florida to participate in the Major League draft. One of his coaches told the Listin Diario that he could sign for US$5 million dollars, which would be a new record for Major League baseball. He is represented by Rob Plummer, who has forecast Arámboles could become the next Pedro Martínez, the Dominican pitcher who is today the best paid baseball player in the Major Leagues. Arámboles was born in Sabana Perdida in Santo Domingo on 4 December 1981. He had originally been signed for a US$5,000 bonus by the Florida Marlins, but Plummer determined the contract was illegal because Arámboles was only 14 at the time.
