Former USC baseball outfielder Jason Lane, who spent six years in the big leagues with the Astros, has been signed as a left-handed pitcher by the Arizona Diamondbacks.Click here for the full story.
Lane, 35, cracked a career-high 26 homeruns in 2005, but he's been out of the bigs since a short stint with San Diego in 2007.
Last season, he converted to the mound for Toronto's AAA affiliate and pitched to a respectable 4.85 ERA in 13 innings, while striking out 12 and walking only two.
