According to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times, the Tampa Bay Rays have officially signed Cuban outfielder and first baseman Leslie Anderson to a four-year contract. Anderson will report to extended Spring Training in Port Charlotte.

Jorge Ebro of El Nuevo Herald reported in early March that the Tampa Bay Rays had agreed to a contract with Anderson to a four-year, $3.75 million contract.

In early February, Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN The Magazine informed us that Anderson had open workouts where nine teams watched him, but no GMs were present at the time.

At the time he did not leave a very favorable workout. “He was mediocre at best,” said an executive of one team who watched Anderson. “Very average tools.” Another scout said, “Leslie showed a below average arm while throwing from centerfield and first base. He ran badly from home to first base. During batting practice he hit several line drives, but showed no power. Defensively, he’ll need to play either first base or left field and hit with a very high average and lots of home runs, and right now I don’t project that he could. I’d have to think he needs to have another showcase since he didn’t hit against live pitching, but instead just had batting practice.”