Franklin Núñez
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Franklin Núñez is a Major League Baseball
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 pitcher
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 for the Colorado Rockies
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 organization.

He pitched in and for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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. He played for the Triple-A Richmond Braves
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 in and the independent Atlantic League
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 York Revolution
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 in , before being signed by the Milwaukee Brewers
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 in August. He attended Brewers' minor league camp in , but was released on March 23.

In February , Núñez signed a minor league contract with the Colorado Rockies.

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