José Prado Macías Salazar (born January 25, 1972 in Panama City, Panama) is a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 player. He currently plays for the Piratas de Campeche

Piratas de Campeche

The Piratas de Campeche are a AAA-level baseball team playing in the Mexican League LMB based in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico.-History:...

 in the Mexican League. Macias has played for the Detroit Tigers

Detroit Tigers

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 (-), Montreal Expos

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 (2002-), and Chicago Cubs

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 (-).

Macias is known as utility player, as he has played third base

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, shortstop

Shortstop

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, second base, and all three outfield

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 positions in his career. He was also an emergency catcher

Catcher

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 if needed, but has not played in a major league game at catcher at any point in his career. He has pitched in his home country of Panama

Panama

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, and has expressed a desire to play all nine positions in a game if at any point his team can afford it (i.e., because they have clinched a division or Wild Card or have been eliminated).

Macias was released by the Cubs during the offseason in 2005. He then signed with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

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 of Japan

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, where he played in . In , he signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers

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. He played the entire 2007 season with their Triple-A affiliate, the Nashville Sounds

Nashville Sounds

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. On January 5, , he signed a minor league deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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, but was released during spring training

Spring training

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. He then signed with the Diablos Rojos del Mexico

Diablos Rojos del México

Diablos Rojos del México is a professional baseball team in the Mexican League.This team is located in Mexico City. The team name, Diablos Rojos del México, means Mexico City Red Devils. It is often believed that they are named after the Cincinnati Reds. That is, however, not the case...

 of the Triple-A Mexican League for . He has played the past two seasons for Campeche.

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