Thanks to David Chalk for pointing this item out. For the past couple months Jeremy Cummings has been playing in Taiwan, pitching for the Sinon Bulls of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. But someone working for the Rays apparently saw what they liked, signing Cummings to a deal and assigning him to Triple-A Durham.

In his Bulls debut the 6′2″ 215 pounder held the Toledo MudHens, one of the league’s top home run hitting teams, scoreless through six innings of two-hit ball. Cummings walked four and struck-out four. Not bad.

Unfortunately, another CPBL album, Nelson Figueroa has apparently been solved by MLB hitters. After a few solid outings Figueroa has recently been roughed up, and on Tuesday the Mets designated him for assignment.

To make matters worse his final start came against the Washington Nationals, who en route to a 10-4 win taunted Figueroa from the dugout, prompting him to call the Nationals “a bunch of softball girls.”

From the New York Daily News:

After allowing six runs in five innings in his second straight poor start, Figueroa (2-3, 5.12) charged that the Nationals “were cheerleading in the dugout like a bunch of softball girls.” He questioned the “professionalism” of the players doing the chanting and the Washington coaching staff for allowing it to take place. He also repeatedly referred to the Nats as “a last-place team,” and even added “that’s why they are who they are.”