Mark DeRosa signs with Nationals

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The Washington Nationals officially announced today that they have agreed to a one-year contract with utilityman Mark DeRosa.

The former Penn shortstop and quarterback played the last two seasons with the San Francisco Giants, with whom he won the World Series in 2010. Plagued by injury this past year, DeRosa appeared in just 47 games, hitting .279 with 12 RBIs. For his career, he is a .272 hitter with 911 hits, 93 home runs and 452 RBIs. The Nationals will be DeRosa's seventh team.

DeRosa has returned to campus a few times during the past two years. When his Giants were in town playing the Phillies in the 2010 NLCS, DeRosa visited the Penn baseball team on his way to Citizens Bank Park, and earlier this year, he also visited the Penn football team.