Casey Fien

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Casey Fien

Fien pitching for the West Michigan Whitecaps, Single-A affiliates of the Detroit Tigers, in 2007
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher
Born: October 21, 1983 (1983-10-21) (age 28)
Santa Rosa, California
Bats: Right Throws: Right 
MLB debut
July 26, 2009 for the Detroit Tigers
Career statistics
(through 2010 season)
Win–loss record     0–1
Earned run average     8.36
Strikeouts     9
Teams

Casey Michael Fien (born October 21, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher currently playing for the Minnesota Twins


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[edit] Career

Fien attended John F. Kennedy High School in La Palma, California. He then quietly worked his way up through various colleges and amateur organizations where finally he was signed by the Detroit Tigers.

[edit] 2009

Fien was called up by the Tigers on July 24, 2009 from the Toledo Mud Hens to replace Eddie Bonine.[1]

[edit] 2010

Fien has been a member of 3 teams in 2010: first the Tigers, then the Boston Red Sox, then the Toronto Blue Jays, then the Tigers again.[2]

On February 23, 2010, he was designated for assignment to make roster room for the newly-acquired Johnny Damon. On March 1, 2010 the Boston Red Sox acquired Casey Fien off waivers.[3] They designated Gaby Hernandez for assignment to make room for Fien.[3]

Fien was claimed by the Toronto Blue Jays on March 4, 2010 off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.[4] He was sent outright to the minors ten days later. Fien lasted 14 days in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He was released on March 18, 2010.[5]

On March 20, 2010 Fien re-signed with the Detroit Tigers.[6] On June 29, 2010, he was purchased from Triple-A to replace Joel Zumaya, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list.[7] He was sent back down to Toledo on June 3.[8] They called him back up on July 20.[9] He was again sent back down to Toledo on July 21.[10] He filed for free agency after the season ended.

[edit] 2011

In November 2010, Fien signed a minor league contract with the Houston Astros.[11] He was released during the season.[12] In 2011 Fien signed a minor league contract with the Twins

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Guillen's RBI Single in 10th Wins It for Tigers: Guillen's RBI single in 10th caps Tigers' 4–3 victory over White Sox". ABC News. July 25, 2009. http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=8174725. Retrieved 2010-03-07. [dead link]
  2. ^ Fien finds himself baseball's traveling man: Pitcher member of Tigers, Red Sox and Jays in span of a week MLB.com
  3. ^ a b Alden Gonzalez (March 1, 2010). "Fien claimed off waivers by Red Sox". MLB.com. http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100301&content_id=8637660&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos. Retrieved March 1, 2010. 
  4. ^ "Blue Jays claim RHP Fien from Boston". CNN. March 4, 2010. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/baseball/mlb/wires/03/04/2010.ap.bba.blue.jays.moves.0157/. Retrieved April 28, 2010. [dead link]
  5. ^ Blue Jays replace Casey Fien Hotstove.com
  6. ^ Tigers re-sign Casey Fien MLB.com
  7. ^ Tigers call on Fien in wake of Zumaya injury MLB.com June 29, 2010
  8. ^ Tigers activate setup man Perry from DL MLB.com July 3, 2010
  9. ^ Tigers opt for bullpen help with Inge on DL MLB.com July 20, 2010
  10. ^ Tigers call up Scott Sizemore, send Casey Fien back to Toledo freep.com July 21, 2010
  11. ^ Lowe, John (November 11, 2010). "Tigers pitcher Casey Fien leaves for Astros". Detroit Free Press. http://www.freep.com/article/20101111/SPORTS02/101111031/1050/sports02/Tigers-pitcher-Casey-Fien-leaves-for-Astros. Retrieved November 13, 2010. 
  12. ^ "Minor League Transactions: July 27-Aug. 2". Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/08/minor-league-transactions-july-27-aug-2/. Retrieved 5 August 2011. 

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