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Rays Claim Pedro Figueroa, Designate Jerry Sands

By Zach Links | January 7, 2014 at 12:35pm CDT

The Rays have claimed Pedro Figueroa off of unconditional release waivers, according to Roger Mooney of The Tampa Tribune (via Twitter).  To make room on the roster, the club has designated outfielder Jerry Sands for assignment.

Figueroa, 28, has 24 big league appearances to his credit over the last two years with the Athletics.  He spent the bulk of last year at Triple-A Sacramento, posting a 4.10 ERA with 7.4 K/9 and 5.0 BB/9 in 45 relief appearances and one start.

Sands, 26, was claimed off waivers from the Pirates just before Christmas and didn't get a chance to go house hunting in Tampa Bay.  Sands batted just .207/.311/.329 with seven home runs in 106 games (397 PAs) at the Triple-A level in 2013.  Once a favorite in the Dodgers' farm system, he became one of the players in the Adrian Gonzalez/Carl Crawford/Josh Beckett blockbuster of August 2012.  The Red Sox included him in another notable trade last offseason – the deal that sent Mark Melancon to Pittsburgh and Joel Hanrahan to Boston.  In his minor league career, Sands is a .276/.366/.526 hitter with 128 homers in 2433 plate appearances. 

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  1. TheTeddyRuxpin

    6 years ago

    O’s will pounce all over this Sands fella.

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  2. paylly

    6 years ago

    The sands of time may have run out for Jerry!

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  3. Ron Loreski

    6 years ago

    Wouldn’t be a bad fit for the Brewers to compete for the 1B job.

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  4. Croagnut

    6 years ago

    Looking for his 5th team in year and a half. There has to be something scaring off teams. Only two years ago, he was suppose to be the next Matt Holliday.

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    • John Cate

      6 years ago

      He’s put up those stats in tremendous hitter’s parks. When you let the air out, it doesn’t translate to very good MLB production.

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