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• Christian Colon: Ending career

  12/05/2021 • By RotoWire

  Colon is planning to retire, Mitch Bannon of SI.com reports. Colon has been in professional baseball since 2010, and he first reached the majors in 2014. He spent the majority of his career as organizational depth, including 2021 when he played at Triple-A Buffalo. For his career, he logged a .249/.312/.310 line across 418 major-league plate appearances.

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• Blue Jays' Christian Colon: Returns to affiliated ball

  04/27/2021 • By RotoWire

  Colon agreed to a minor-league contract with the Blue Jays on Tuesday. Colon will join the Blue Jays after the organization purchased his contract from the independent American Association's Kansas City Monarchs, with whom the infielder spent two months. The 31-year-old will likely report to Triple-A Buffalo when the minor-league season begins next week.

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• Christian Colon: Leaves affiliated ball

  02/11/2021 • By RotoWire

  Colon signed a contract with the Kansas City Monarchs of the independent American Association on Thursday, Lynn Worthy of The Kansas City Star reports. Colon will return to the city where he spent the majority of his big-league career. It's possible he figures something out in independent ball and returns to the majors one day, but as a 31-year-old with a career .249/.312/.310 slash line at the highest level, he has probably played his last big-league game.

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• Reds' Christian Colon: Remains in organization

  08/17/2020 • By RotoWire

  Colon cleared waivers and was outrighted to the Reds' alternate training site Monday. Colon struggled with inconsistent playing time in the majors over the start of the season as he hit .130 with a double and two RBI over 23 at-bats. As a result, he was designated for assignment by the Reds on Friday, but he'll remain in the organization after he was unable to find a spot on another team's 40-man roster.

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• Reds' Christian Colon: DFA'd by Cincy

  08/14/2020 • By RotoWire

  Colon was designated for assignment by the Reds on Friday. Colon appeared in 11 games and had a .341 OPS this season, so the Reds opted to remove him from the 40-man roster. The 31-year-old could return to the team's alternate training site if he goes unclaimed on waivers.

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