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TigsTown News: Bazardo Down, Rapada Up
The Tigers designated reliever Yorman Bazardo for assignment today, recalling lefty Clay Rapada.
-by TigsTown.com Apr 11, 2008
Farm System Will Look Different in '08
Plenty of familiar faces have left.
-by InsideTheIvy.com Dec 5, 2007
Tigers Prospect Profile: Clay Rapada
Rapada joined the Tigers in exchange for outfielder Craig Monroe.
-by TigsTown.com Sep 14, 2007
Trade Talk
Reaction from prospects traded.
-by InsideTheIvy.com Sep 1, 2007
Cubs Bid Adieu to Coats, Rapada
Minor league outfielder, reliever to join new clubs.
-by InsideTheIvy.com Aug 30, 2007
Prospect Podcast: Clay Rapada
Long season winding down for left-hander.
-by InsideTheIvy.com Aug 25, 2007
Rapada Called Up; Murton Optioned
Left-hander promoted from Triple-A; outfielder sent down.
-by InsideTheIvy.com Jun 13, 2007
Rapada Turning his Old Tricks
Left-hander is back in sync after getting away from his game in spring camp.
-by InsideTheIvy.com May 11, 2007
No Slowing Down
After picking up three hits on Friday, Eric Patterson wasn’t about to slow down the following night.
-by InsideTheIvy.com May 6, 2007
Cubs Cut 14 from Spring Roster
Fourteen players were cut from the Cubs' spring roster on Monday.
-by InsideTheIvy.com Mar 12, 2007
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Clay Rapada
Ht: 6-5 Wt: 200
Position: RP

Bats: R
Throws: L
Date of Birth: 03/09/1981
Birthplace: Chesapeake,  VA
Experience: Prospect
High School: Deep Creek HS
(Chesapeake, VA)
College: Virginia State


Biography:
Signed by the Cubs as a non-drafted free agent in 2002 (scout: Billy Swoope) ... Attended Deep Creek High School (Chesapeake, Va.) and Virginia State University ... Sidearm left-hander spent 2005 at Class A Daytona, appearing in 27 games with a 1-3 record and 3.83 ERA ... Missed parts of 2005 with a strained rotator cuff and an emergency appendectomy ... Promoted to Triple-A Iowa in late June, 2006, after appearing in 33 games for Double-A West Tenn ... Recorded 21 saves and posted a 0.82 ERA in 43 2/3 innings, striking out 45 and walking 10 ... Appeared in 28 games in relief for Iowa and was 3-2 with a 3.04 ERA in 23 2/3 innings ... One of seven Cubs prospects on hand in the annual Arizona Fall League in 2006 ... Pitched in 16 games for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Fall League and had a 3.07 ERA while striking out 17 and walking three ... Added to Cubs' 40-man roster on Nov. 20, 2006.