Argenis Díaz is a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 shortstop

Shortstop

Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. Shortstop is often regarded as the most dynamic defensive position in baseball, because there are more right-handed hitters in baseball than left-handed hitters, and most hitters have a tendency to pull the...

 in the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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 organization.

Career

Díaz was acquired by the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 organization in July 2003 as an international free agent

Free agent

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. He started his professional career in by playing with the Gulf Coast Red Sox

In Díaz played for Class A Greenville Drive

Greenville Drive

The Greenville Drive is a minor league baseball team that plays in Greenville, South Carolina. They are a Class A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox and a member of the South Atlantic League. Prior to the 2005 SAL season, the team played in Columbia, South Carolina, was affiliated with the New York...

, batting .279 in 405 at-bats. The Boston Red Sox bought his contract from Greenville on November 20, 2007 and was invited to spring training

Spring training

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 by the Red Sox. On March 11, 2009, Díaz was optioned to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs

Portland Sea Dogs

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On July 22, 2009, Diaz was traded along with Hunter Strickland to the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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 for first baseman Adam LaRoche

Adam LaRoche

David Adam LaRoche , is a Major League Baseball first baseman. In 2011, the Washington Nationals signed him to a two-year deal...

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On April 22, 2010 Diaz made his major league debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates, after his recall earlier in the day. He went 0 for 1 with a groundout as a pinch-hitter in the 9th inning against the Milwaukee Brewers

Milwaukee Brewers

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