on the dotted line

Some signing news has trickled through this Thanksgiving week. Former Delta State left-hander Dusty Hughes has signed a minor league deal with Atlanta. Hughes spent most of the past season in Triple-A with Minnesota, posting a 4.29 ERA in 43 games. In 15 major league appearances, he put up a 9.95. Not so hot … but he is a lefty. … The Braves also re-signed catcher J.C. Boscan, one of the heroes of the Mississippi Braves’ 2008 pennant-winning club. Boscan got some limited big league time the last two seasons. … Another former M-Braves standout, Gregor Blanco, has landed with San Francisco. Blanco, an outfielder currently leading the Venezuelan Winter League in runs and stolen bases, spent most of 2011 in Triple-A in the Kansas City and Washington systems. … Onetime Jackson Generals ace Freddy Garcia reportedly has agreed to terms with the New York Yankees, for whom he went 12-8 with a 3.26 ERA in a resurgent 2011 campaign. At 35, he apparently still has some life in his right arm. … The Nationals have added Tyler Moore to their 40-man roster, which means an invitation to big league camp in spring training. Moore, who played at Northwest Rankin High, Meridian Community College and Mississippi State, hit 31 homers in each of the last two seasons. The righty-swinging first baseman played this past year in Double-A.