::::::He's a free agent right now, and he's free to renege this preliminary agreement to sign with any other team.  We had the Furcal and Cabrera-Cameron situations over the past few weeks where the original tentative agreements fell through.  Let's follow WP:CRYSTAL and only give due weight to an official signing.  Adding phrases like "is widely reported to have reached a preliminary agreement" is also in violation of WP:WEASEL.  Thanks.