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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Pittsburgh Pirates signed lefty reliever Doug Slaten to a minor league deal, according to Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Free-agent LH reliever Doug Slaten agrees to minor-league deal with #Pirates. #MLB&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2014 Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) January 11, 2012&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Slaten, limited most of the season due to an elbow injury, threw 16 1/3 innings for the Washington Nationals this year. He also tossed 10 1/3 innings for the club\u2019s minor league affiliates. After earning $695K in 2011, Slaten was non-tendered by the Nationals last month.\nIn 2010, Slaten posted a 3.10 ERA in 49 appearances with the Nationals.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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