More Moreno: Venezuelan pitcher Orber Moreno will get at least one more chance to earn his way to the Major Leagues. The middle reliever signed a Minor League contract with Detroit in January and is heading to Spring Training this month.
Moreno went 3-1 with a 3.38 ERA in 33 appearances with the Mets in 2004, his last stint in the Major Leagues. He also made big league appearances with the Royals in 1999 and Mets in 2003. Moreno has been plagued with arm injuries throughout his career and did not pitch last season.
"When you have a good arm and you have a good slider, you have a chance," Tigres de Aragua manager Buddy Bailey said. "You hope for him but you never know how much the body is going to come back to maximum strength."
In the three Caribbean Series appearances for Tigres de Aragua in Santiago, Moreno has allowed three runs on five hits, including a home run, in three innings.
"People that haven't played sports don't understand what it's like to be hurt and not be able to compete when your whole life your body has been everything to you," Bailey said. "All of sudden your body can't perform so when you get that chance again it's very special. I know it's special to Orber."
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