William Juarez is a professional baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 pitcher

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 for the Palfinger Reggio Emilia of Italy

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's Serie A1

Serie A1 (baseball)

The Italian Baseball League is a professional baseball league that is governed by FIBS , which has its headquarters in Rome...

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Juarez was signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks

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 as a nondrafted free agent

Free agent

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 on May 26, , and saw his first professional action on their Dominican Summer League

Dominican Summer League

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 team as a 19 year-old in 2000. He was 4-5 with a 3.77 ERA

Earned run average

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 in 11 starts

Starting pitcher

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 for the DSL team. In , he played with Arizona's rookie ball team, the Missoula Osprey

Missoula Osprey

The Missoula Osprey is a minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks in Missoula, Montana. The team plays its home games at Ogren Park at Allegiance Field. The club is a member of the Pioneer League, a short-season league which is designated Rookie Advanced.The Osprey...

 and in he was in Single-A with the Yakima Bears

Yakima Bears

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. He spent with both the South Bend Silver Hawks

South Bend Silver Hawks

The South Bend Silver Hawks are a U.S. Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks, that plays in the Midwest League....

 and the Double-A El Paso Diablos

El Paso Diablos

The El Paso Diablos are a professional baseball team based in El Paso, Texas, in the United States. The Diablos are a member of the South Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Since the 2005 season to the...

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He pitched for Nicaragua in the IBAF World Cup in Havana, Cuba in October 2003.

On January 11, 2005, he was traded by the Diamondbacks with Danny Muegge, Beltran Perez

Beltrán Pérez

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 and Dioner Navarro

Dioner Navarro

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 to the Los Angeles Dodgers

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 in exchange for Shawn Green

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The Dodgers assigned him to Double-A the Jacksonville Suns

Jacksonville Suns

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 for 2005 and he pitched in the starting rotation for the Triple-A Las Vegas 51s

Las Vegas 51s

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from -. He did not pitch in the affiliated minor leagues in , but signed with the Palfinger Reggio Emilia in Italy for .

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