Cole Figueroa: Takes position in Rays front office

Figueroa has taken a job as a baseball development assistant in the Rays' front office, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

With that, Figueroa has presumably closed the book on his playing career. He's only 29 and appeared in the majors in each of the past three seasons, but apparently he felt this opportunity was best for him long term. Figueroa played nine professional seasons, walking nearly 100 more times than he struck out in 862 career games in the minors.