Comments on: Minor League Transactions http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2010/06/minor-league-transactions-153/ Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Matt Eddy http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2010/06/minor-league-transactions-153/comment-page-1/#comment-55638 Matt Eddy Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:23:53 +0000 http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/?p=9101#comment-55638 <p>Correy Figueroa, the second baseman signed as a nondrafted free agent by the Royals, is the twin brother of Padres prospect Cole Figueroa. Their father Bien played for the ’92 Cardinals and served as a long-time minor league coach. </p> <p>Both Cole and Correy are 5-foot-10, lefty-hitting second basemen. The Blue Jays drafted both of them—Cole in the ninth round and Correy in the 42nd—out of Tallahassee's Lincoln High in ’06 but signed neither. </p> <p>Cole ultimately signed as a Padres sixth-rounder in ’08 out of Florida. The Giants selected Correy in the 41st round of that same draft, out of St. Petersburg JC, but did not sign him. He played for Division II Tampa in 2009-10, going undrafted each year.</p> Correy Figueroa, the second baseman signed as a nondrafted free agent by the Royals, is the twin brother of Padres prospect Cole Figueroa. Their father Bien played for the ’92 Cardinals and served as a long-time minor league coach.

Both Cole and Correy are 5-foot-10, lefty-hitting second basemen. The Blue Jays drafted both of them—Cole in the ninth round and Correy in the 42nd—out of Tallahassee's Lincoln High in ’06 but signed neither.

Cole ultimately signed as a Padres sixth-rounder in ’08 out of Florida. The Giants selected Correy in the 41st round of that same draft, out of St. Petersburg JC, but did not sign him. He played for Division II Tampa in 2009-10, going undrafted each year.

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