Félix Heredia
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Félix Heredia Pérez is a former Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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 starting pitcher
Starting pitcher
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 who currently plays for Dorados de Chihuahua
Dorados de Chihuahua
Dorados de Chihuahua were a baseball team from the city of Chihuahua. Recently Tuneros de San Luis moved to Chihuahua and took the Dorados namesake, which also brought the LMB Mexican Baseball League to Chihuahua for the first time since 1982. The Dorados played their home games at Estadio...

 of the Mexican League
Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
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. On October 18, 2005, he became the 11th MLB player to be suspended for testing positive for steroid
Steroid
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s. He is also known as "El Gato Flaco" (Skinny Cat in Spanish
Spanish language
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) and, "The Run Fairy" (a nickname sarcastically lampooning his poor performances in the latter part of his career).

Heredia attended Escuela Dominical in Barahona
Barahona
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. He was signed as a free agent
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 by the Florida Marlins
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 in and made his major league debut with the Marlins on August 9, 1995. Heredia went on to pitch for the Chicago Cubs
Chicago Cubs
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 and Toronto Blue Jays
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 before having his best season in with the Cincinnati Reds
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 and New York Yankees
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. That year, he was 5-3 with one save and a 2.69 ERA
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 in 69 relief appearances. However, his performance declined rapidly in with the Yankees, who traded him to the New York Mets
New York Mets
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 for Mike Stanton prior to the 2005 season. However, he made just three appearances with the Mets in 2005 before going on the disabled list
Disabled list
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 with an aneurysm
Aneurysm
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 in his left shoulder in June, and he missed the rest of the season.

The following off-season, he signed with Arizona
Arizona Diamondbacks
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, but was released during spring training
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. Four days later, Heredia signed with the Cleveland Indians
Cleveland Indians
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, appearing in eight games for their Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons
Buffalo Bisons
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, before being released on May 12. On December 16, 2006, the Detroit Tigers
Detroit Tigers
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 signed him to a minor league deal, but despite a 2.00 ERA in spring training, Heredia was released.

Heredia is married with three children and resides in Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...

, Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
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