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January 19, 2012According to numerous reports, the Cleveland Indians have confirmed that Jeremy Accardo has been signed to a minor league contract.
Accardo, who turned 30 last month, posted a 5.73 ERA with 5.5 K/9, 4.3 BB/9 and a 37.4% ground ball rate in 37 2/3 innings for the Orioles in 2011. The seven-year veteran also logged 33 1/3 innings at Triple-A, where he posted a 2.16 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 3.0 BB/9. Baltimore outrighted Accardo off of the 40-man roster in October and he elected free agency.
Accardo saved 30 games with a 2.14 ERA for the Blue Jays in 2007. He has five saves since that season.
UPDATE: In addition, veteran outfielder Fred Lewis, 31, has been signed to a minor league deal with an invite to Spring Training. Last season he played 81 games for Cincinnati hitting .230, 3 HR, 19 RBI, .317 SLG, .638 OPS.
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3 Comments
Can’t wait until the Cleveland.com crowd sees this. The Dolanzzz are cheeeppppazzzzz!
Accardo,who turnes 30 (means 34) and fred ,31(means 36) were signed.. Our wilson and pujols lol cant wait for my sunburn watching our 1-0 run games!
I don’t know if I see either guy making the big league club.