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Figgins signs minor-league contract with Marlins

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Associated Press
2/8/2013 4:08:52 PM
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MIAMI -- Third baseman Chone Figgins has signed a minor-league contract with the Miami Marlins with an invitation to their major-league camp beginning next week.

Figgins, who signed Friday, hit .181 in 66 games with Seattle last season. He's a .277 career hitter with 337 stolen bases in 11 seasons, all in the American League.

Placido Polanco, 37, is expected to be the Marlins' starting third baseman.

Chone Figgins (Photo: R. Yeatts/Getty Images)

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