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Diamondbacks sell Rusty Ryal's rights to Yomiuri

PHOENIX (Reuters) - The Arizona Diamondbacks have sold the rights to utility man Rusty Ryal to Japan's Yomiuri Giants, the Diamondbacks said Thursday.Ryal, who played parts of two seasons with Arizona, posted a .261 batting average last season while playing left field, first and third base. He was released earlier this month, the Diamondbacks said on their website (http://arizona.diamondbacks.mlb.com)His father, Mark, played two seasons for the Chunichi Dragons in the early 1990s.(Writing by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina; editing by Jon Bramley)...

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