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Blue Jays To Sign Nelson Figueroa

By Ben Nicholson-Smith | January 19, 2012 at 1:46pm CDT

The Blue Jays agreed to sign 37-year-old right-hander Nelson Figueroa to a minor league contract, Enrique Rojas of ESPNDeportes tweets. The ACES client would earn $650K on the big league roster.

Figueroa started the 2011 season in Houston's rotation, but the Astros released him in August after he posted an 8.69 ERA with 5.3 K/9 and 5.0 BB/9 in 29 innings. He spent most of the season at Triple-A, where he posted a 6.05 ERA with 6.0 K/9 and 3.1 BB/9 in 99 2/3 innings. The Pirates picked him up in August, only to grant him free agency after the season. This is clearly a depth move for the Blue Jays.

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  1. vincentjulian

    7 years ago

    Does this count as an increase in payroll?

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  2. jeremyhomer

    7 years ago

    Go Figueroa

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  3. Mike R Christian

    7 years ago

    he’s now the only switch hitter on the jays roster.

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  4. Josh Bob

    7 years ago

    Nelson has the distinction of being the only MLB player to ever graduate from Brandeis University (D3 – Waltham, MA).

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  5. WonderboyRooney10

    7 years ago

    Yay Figgy! Good for him. THis is a non-story but Nelson is a good guy. Although his spot starting days may be over

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  6. johnsmith4

    7 years ago

    This might free up Joel Carreno for bull-pen duty on the 25-man roster.  Currently, Carreno is slotted as 6th starter playing in AAA.

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  7. dook83

    7 years ago

    His name makes me want to sing opera…

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  8. Frank Drebin

    7 years ago

    The genius at work.

    /s

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