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Phillies Sign Infielder Ozuna

Scott Lauber reports the Phillies have signed infielder Pablo Ozuna to a minor league contract. He will join the team in Spring Training as a non-roster invitee.

Ozuna hit .260 with a home run and nine RBI in 96 at bats for the Dodgers and White Sox in 2008. His best year was 2006, when he hit .328 with 17 RBI in 189 at bats for Chicago.

Lauber hints at it — and it’s probably true — that with this signing (coupled with the signing of Marcus Giles), the Phils are bracing for an April without Chase Utley.

Tim Malcolm

Tim first found the Phillies as a little infant at Veteran’s Stadium, cheering on a Juan Samuel game-winning home run in his very first game. With the pinstripes in his blood, he witnessed Terry Mulholland’s 1990 no-hitter, “Steve Carlton Night” at the Vet, game three of the 1993 World Series, countless games during the charmed 2008 championship season and various road excursions. Since November 2007 Tim’s been writing about them daily at Phillies Nation, becoming one of the world’s most popular Phillies scribes. You can catch him on Twitter and Facebook, as well. When he’s not talking about the Phils he’s relaxing with a St. Bernardus ABT 12 or one of his many favored brews.