WEST HAVEN, Conn. – The New Haven County Cutters signed left-handed reliever Mike Joyce for the 2007 season, the team announced Monday.
Joyce, 28, returns to independent league baseball after spending parts of 2004 with the Richmond Roosters (Frontier League) and Quebec Capitales (Northeast League).
In 2003, Joyce pitched for the independent Alexandria Aces (Central League) and Pensacola Pelicans (Southeastern League).
Joyce missed the 2005 and 2006 seasons due to injury.
A Winchester , Mass. native, Joyce signed with the New York Yankees as a non-drafted free agent out of Georgia College and State University in 2002. He was assigned to the Yankees’ rookie league team in Staten Island , N.Y. (New York Penn League) and was soon promoted to the Class-A Greensboro Grasshoppers (South Atlantic League).
Joyce was a standout starting pitcher at GCSU, placing in the program’s top-10 in numerous categories including wins in a season, wins in a career, career strikeouts and career ERA.
Joyce also holds the distinction of tossing the only no-hitter in school history.
Following his senior year, Joyce was named first team all-region and All-Peach Belt Conference.
Originally from Groton , Conn. , Joyce attended Fitch Senior High School and went on to play junior college baseball at the University of Connecticut at Avery Point .
The Cutters open the 2007 campaign May 25 in Brockton against the Rox and play their home opener May 31 at Historic Yale Field against the Rox.
Source: New Haven County (Conn.) Cutters
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