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Diamondbacks re-sign Mike Hampton to minor-league deal

Mike Hampton

Arizona Diamondbacks relief pitcher Mike Hampton, center, looks on as the Diamondbacks trail the Colorado Rockies during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Denver, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. The Rockies defeated the Diamondbacks 2-1. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)

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Mike Hampton came back from his latest arm surgery to make 10 appearances as a left-handed specialist for the Diamondbacks in September and today Arizona re-signed him to a minor-league contract with an invitation to spring training.

Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports that Hampton “will compete for a job coming out of the bullpen” at age 38, after undergoing surgery to repair labrum and rotator cuff damage in his shoulder about 14 months ago.

Hampton hasn’t been healthy and effective in the same season since way back in 2004, throwing a grand total of 264 innings in the six years since then.