Leandro Arturo Cedeño (born August 22, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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 Cedeno with Orix Buffaloes in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Orix Buffaloes – No. 40 | |||||||||||||||
| Infielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 22, 1998 Guatire, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| May 19, 2023, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .254 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 24 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 71 | ||||||||||||||
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Career
editSt. Louis Cardinals
editOn August 29, 2014, Cedeño signed with the St. Louis Cardinals organization as an international free agent.[1] He made his professional debut with the Dominican Summer League Cardinals, appearing in 74 games for the team from 2015 to 2016.
After playing in only 9 games for the rookie-level GCL Cardinals in 2017, Cedeño spent the 2018 season with the rookie-level Johnson City Cardinals, playing in 59 games and hitting .336/.419/.592 with career-highs in home runs (14) and RBI (47). In 2019, Cedeño played in 100 games for the Single-A Peoria Chiefs, slashing .271/.311/.396 with 6 home runs and 44 RBI. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Cedeño split the 2021 season between Peoria and the Double-A Springfield Cardinals, batting a cumulative .260/.316/.427 with 12 home runs and 60 RBI across 96 games. He elected free agency following the season on November 7, 2021.
Arizona Diamondbacks
editOn November 22, 2021, Cedeño signed a minor league contract with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization.[3] He was assigned to the Double-A Amarillo Sod Poodles to begin the 2022 season.[4] He hit a 527-foot (161 m) home run for Amarillo on July 17, 2022, the longest measured since the debut of Statcast in 2015.[5] Cedeño enjoyed a career year with Amarillo, hitting an excellent .310/.374/.563 with new career-highs in home runs (30) and RBI (93). This led to him being promoted to Triple-A for the first time on September 6.[6] He played in 14 games for the Triple-A Reno Aces, hitting .291/.328/.436 while adding on 2 more home runs and 10 more RBI. Cedeño became a free agent following the season on November 10, 2022.[7]
Orix Buffaloes
editOn December 27, 2022, Cedeño signed with the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball.[8]
References
edit- ^ https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/7735/leandro-cedeno/
- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ https://www.milb.com/player/leandro-cedeno-660681
- ^ "Leandro Cedeno crushing baseballs, expectations with the Amarillo Sod Poodles". Amarillo.com. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Cedeno Blasts Himself Into The History Books". MiLB.com. July 18, 2022. Retrieved December 28, 2022.
- ^ "Diamondbacks' Leandro Cedeño: Mashes way to Triple-A". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
- ^ "2022-23 Minor League Free Agents For All 30 MLB Teams". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ "LVBP: Esto ganaría Leandro Cedeño con su nuevo contrato en Japón". MERIDIANO.net.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)