The White Sox signed left-handed pitchers Donnie Veal and Jose Quintana on Thursday, and ESPN's Doug Padilla writes that the two players are long shots to break spring training with the big club:
Donnie Veal, 27, and Jose Quintana, 22, will at least be given a chance to impress the major-league coaching staff when pitchers and catchers report to Glendale, Ariz., in February.
Veal has been in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization since 2009 and pitched 16.1 innings for the Pirates during the 2009 season. He returned from Tommy John surgery in May.
Quintana had been playing single-A ball in the New York Yankees system; he has yet to progress past that level in the minor leagues.
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