Jose Mijares

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name = Jose Manuel Mijares


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team = Minnesota Twins
number = 50
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1984|10|29
birthplace = city-state|Caracas|Venezuela
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate =September 13
debutyear =2008
debutteam =Minnesota Twins
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Jose Manuel Mijares (born October 29, by|1984 in city-state|Caracas|Venezuela) is a left-handed pitcher for the Minnesota Twins who signed with the Twins as a free agent on March 2, by|2002. He is six feet tall, and weighs 230 lbs. [cite web|url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp|title=Minor League Baseball|accessdate=2008-07-12]

Mijares bounced around every level of the Twins' farm system-- having risen as high as the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings in by|2007. He was awarded the Gulf Coast League Rolaids Relief Man Award in by|2004 and elected to be an All-Star in the Eastern League in 2007.

On January 24, by|2008, he was re-signed to a one-year deal, and on March 10, 2008, he was cut from spring training and optioned to the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats of the Eastern League. He also spent part of the 2008 season with the Gulf Coast League Twins and Fort Myers Miracle before ended the minor league season again assigned to the Rock Cats. [ [http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20080309&content_id=2414657&vkey=pr_min&fext=.jsp&c_id=min Twins option three players | twinsbaseball.com: Official Info ] ]

In September 2008, Mijares received a call up to the Minnesota Twins, and made his major league debut on September 13 against the Baltimore Orioles. The Twins won that game 12-6. Mijares wound up becoming the Twins main set-up man for the remainder of the season.

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