Canseco signs deal with Worcester of Can Am League
Jose Canseco, 47, has signed another minor-league baseball contract.
The Worcester (Mass.) Tornadoes of the independent Can-Am League announced Friday they have signed the 17-year major-leaguer to a one-year contract.
"I am very much looking forward to putting on a uniform and competing on a professional level again this year," Canseco said in a statement. "I love the game of baseball. I am particularly grateful to the Worcester Tornadoes for embracing me and having the confidence in me to help the team win."
Canseco, who has 462 home runs, will play outfielder and designated hitter for the Tornadoes. He has been out of the majors since 2001.
The former MVP has been trying to get back to the majors during the decade. Since 2006, he has been playing for independent league teams in San Diego; Long Beach, Calif.; Laredo, Texas, and Yuma, Ariz.
He tried to sign a contract with a Mexican League team last month, but was denied when he admitted to using a banned testosterone substance and refused to take a drug test.
Canseco's biggest accomplishment since he last played in the majors was publishing "Juiced," a tell-all book that detailed steroids-abuse among some of the game's biggest stars. Many of his claims have substantiated in the Mitchell Report on steroids abuse in baseball.
