The Italian Baseball League club and last year’s European Champions Cup winner Unipol Bologna has added 28-year-old Dominican right-hander Manauris Baez to the roster. He spent four seasons with the Kansas City Royals organization and has played in Mexico in the past three years, as recently as this spring. Overall he had a 21-22 record with an ERA of 4.25 in 121 games (48 starts). He struck out 269 and walked 147 in 395 2/3 innings.