The Padres have agreed to terms on a contract with Cuban left-handed pitcher Ramon Perez, the club announced Thursday.
Perez, 17, won a gold medal while playing for the 15-Under Cuban National Team in the 15-Under World Cup in Mexico in 2014.
The Guantanamo native is 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds. He pitched in Serie Nacional, Cuba's top professional league, for Indios de Guantanamo in 2014.
Perez has been training in the Dominican Republic for the past year.