Hector Olivera, during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. (USA TODAY Sports Images)

According to Jesse Sanchez of MLB.com, the Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed to a six-year, $62.5 million deal with Cuban free agent Hector Olivera. USA TODAY Sports’ Bob Nightengale confirmed the report with Olivera’s agent.

That Los Angeles landed the 29-year-old infielder should hardly come as a surprise: Not only have they been aggressive in signing Cuban free agents like Yasiel Puig, Alex Guerrero and Erisbel Arruebarrena in the past, but the Dodgers seem to have unlimited financial resources with which to pursue prized players. Even before signing Olivera, the Dodgers had 2015 payroll obligations exceeding $270 million dollars, the most in the league by a wide margin.

At 29, Olivera can’t post the upside that Puig had when he defected from Cuba, and he did not post the type of otherworldly stats maintained by Jose Abreu in that nation’s Serie Nacional. He’s expected to play third base in the U.S., so he could replace 36-year-old Juan Uribe at the hot corner in Los Angeles when — or before — Uribe’s contract expires after the season.

Players like Puig, Abreu and Yoenis Cespedes established that Cuban stars can successfully transition to the Major League game, driving up the price tags for the players that followed them. Abreu, Olivera and Diamondbacks infielder Yasmani Tomas all signed similar six-year deals, but only Abreu hit like Barry Bonds in Cuba.

The Dodgers were loaded at the Major League level an in the high minors before they signed Olivera. Adding the free agent not only takes him away from division rivals like the Padres and Giants who were at times rumored to be pursuing him, but provides even more depth to a team that already looks set up to win its division in 2015.