Padres Sign Casey Janssen to Minor League Deal

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Updated: February 20, 2016

According to the San Diego Padres official twitter account the Padres have signed Casey Janssen to a minor league deal.

The #Padres have signed RHP Casey Janssen to minor league contract with invite to #PadresST. Will report today.

— San Diego Padres (@Padres) February 20, 2016

Corey Brock of Padres.com Janssen had a locker in the clubhouse for Spring Training this morning.

Nothing official from #Padres yet but veteran RHP Casey Janssen has a locker in clubhouse. Assuming it’s a MiLB deal, ST invite.

— Corey Brock (@FollowThePadres) February 20, 2016

Janssen is a former fourth round pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in the 2004 MLB draft. He spent 8 years with the Blue Jays before joining the Washington Nationals last season.

With the Nationals he went 2-5 record with a 4.95 ERA. He appeared in 48 games pitching in 40 innings and struck out 27 batters.

He will start in the minors and depending on how he does in spring training could have a chance to make the opening day roster in the bigs.

As more information surfaces on Padres we will keep you up to date.

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