Jeffrey Michael Gray is an American

United States

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 professional baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 pitcher

Pitcher

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 for the Minnesota Twins

Minnesota Twins

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 of Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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. He graduated from Lafayette High School in Chesterfield, Missouri

Chesterfield, Missouri

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, and attended Southwest Missouri State University. Gray was selected by the Athletics in the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft

2004 Major League Baseball Draft

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Gray participated in the 2008 Arizona Fall League

Arizona Fall League

The Arizona Fall League is an off-season league owned and operated by Major League Baseball which operates during the fall in Arizona, United States at five spring training complexes...

 season as a member of the Phoenix Desert Dogs

Phoenix Desert Dogs

The Phoenix Desert Dogs are a baseball team that plays in the East Division of the Arizona Fall League located in Phoenix, Arizona. They play their home games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium, the spring training home of the Oakland Athletics...

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On November 23, 2010, Gray signed a minor league contract for the Chicago White Sox. He was designated for assignment

Designated for assignment

Designated for assignment is a contractual term used in Major League Baseball. When a player is designated for assignment, he is immediately removed from the club's 40-man roster. This gives the club 10 days to decide what to do with the player while freeing up a roster spot for another...

 on May 11, 2011. On May 13, he was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners

Seattle Mariners

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. On October 31, he was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins.

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