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Found February 10, 2013 on Fox Sports Arizona:
PLAYERS: Rod Barajas,  Wil Nieves,  Miguel Montero
TEAMS: Arizona Diamondbacks,  New York Mets,  Los Angeles Dodgers
PHOENIX (AP) -- Catcher Rod Barajas has returned to the Diamondbacks, the team with which he started his major league career. The D-backs announced Sunday that the 37-year-old agreed to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training, where he will compete with Wil Nieves for a backup job behind Miguel Montero. Barajas hit .206 with 11 homers and 31 RBIs in 321 at-bats for the Pirates last year. According to STATS, he threw out just four of 97 runners attempting to steal on him. He played for Arizona from 1999-03, then went to Texas (2004-06), Philadelphia (2007), Toronto (2008-09), the New York Mets (2010) and the Los Angeles Dodgers (2010-11).
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