Current Contract:
Contract purchased from Triple-A Memphis on April 27, 2007.

Became a Cardinal:
Signed as a minor league free agent on December 21, 2006.

2006 Season:
Jimenez posted a 5.21 ERA in 26 games for Triple-A Oklahoma before suffering an elbow injury in July and missing the remainder of the season. In 38 innings, he struck out 40 and walked 24.

Career Notes:
Jimenez was signed to his first professional contract by the Texas Rangers in May, 2000 out of the Dominican Republic and became a six-year minor league free agent following the 2006 season. In 2002, he aged two years as part of a crack-down instituted by MLB.

He steadily moved up the ranks each year, reaching Triple-A in 2005 and repeating the level in 2006. He was converted from being a swingman to exclusively a reliever about that time. (At their lower levels, the Rangers moved pitchers from starting to relieving in alternating outings in an attempt to build experience.)

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