Danesi Nettuno of the Italian League has signed a pair of former major leaguers to play for them in 2009. Outfielder Abraham Nunez and pitcher Giovanni Carrara will be in uniform when Nettuno opens the season against DeAngelis Godo on April 10.
Nunez, who just turned 32, broke into the majors with the Florida Marlins in 2002, and went on to play 136 big league games with the Marlins and Kansas City, batting .209 with six homers and 42 runs scored. His last MLB season was in 2004, when he played 117 times for the Royals. After batting .268 with 134 homers over 12 minor league seasons, Nunez spent last year with the Chinatrust Whales of Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League.
Carrara will be spending his third season with Nettuno in 2009. The 40-year-old veteran spent parts of ten seasons in the majors with five teams, going 29-18 with a 4.69 ERA. His best year was in 2004 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, for whom he was 5-2 with two saves and a 2.18 ERA. Carrara was 8-2 in 14 games for Nettuno last year before posting a 3-3 mark for Lara of the Venezuelan League over the winter.
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