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Dodgers reportedly sign Keibert Ruiz for $140,000

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The Dodgers have reportedly reached agreement with catcher Keibert Ruiz, a Venezuelan who just turned 16 on Sunday, per Ben Badler of Baseball America.

"Ruiz is 6 feet, 165 pounds with good catch-and-throw skills, showing an average arm with a clean transfer, along with good hands and footwork behind the plate," Badler wrote. "Ruiz is a switch-hitter who projects as more of a line-drive bat than a power threat."

Badler reported the Dodgers signed Ruiz for $140,000, the team's third-largest reported bonus of the 2014-2015 international signing period. Here is a look at the Dodgers' international amateur signings to date.

Dodgers 2014-2015 International signings
Pos Player Age* Country Bonus
OF Romer Cuadrado 16 Venezuela $750,000
IF/OF Felix Osorio 17 Dominican Republic $205,000
C Keibert Ruiz 15 Venezuela $140,000
OF Johan Calderon 16 Dominican Republic $130,000
SS Jefry Souffront 17 Dominican Republic $60,000
LHP Leonardo Crawford 17 Nicaragua $45,000
1B Eric Meza 16 Mexico unknown
Total spent $1,330,000
Bonus pool amount $1,963,800
Money left to spend $633,800
*Age as of July 1