GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- It's been almost seven years, but Yusmeiro Petit can still recall the time he lost his feel for pitching and found himself in Mexico looking for answers.
The right-hander had just been released by the Mariners and playing for the Guerreros de Oaxaca was his only real option. It was 2011 and he had not pitched in the big leagues in almost two seasons.
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"You play in Mexico and you pitch where they want you to pitch and when they need to pitch, and that's just how it is," Petit, 33, said.