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Guillermo Quiroz (born November 29, 1981 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a catcher and right-handed batter who plays for the Toronto Blue Jays since 2004.

Quiroz was signed by the Blue Jays as a non-drafted free agent in 1998, before his 17th birthday, with a lucrative $1.5 million signing bonus. He was progressing through Toronto system and is now the team's number-one catching prospect. In addition, Baseball America rated him as the Blue Jays third best prospect in their 2004 pre-season rankings, and the 35th best prospect in all of baseball.

Defensively, Quiroz has good skills. In 2003 he threw out 45% of base stealers, and was the starting catcher for the World team in the 2003 All-Star Futures Game played at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field.

Despite his low average in the minors, Quiroz is a patient hitter who receives a significant number of walks and can hit with decent power. But all he needs to do is stay healthy. He missed the end of the 2003 season with a collapsed lung, and the broken hand he suffered in May 2004, hurt his chances of taking over as the Blue Jays' starting catcher in 2005.

In a two-season career, Quiroz is a .205 hitter with 10 RBI and no home runs in 29 games.

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Athletes - Guillermo Quiroz

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