Leandro Cedeño
| Leandro Cedeño | |||||||||||||||
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 Cedeno with Orix Buffaloes in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Free agent | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
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Leandro Arturo Cedeño (born August 22, 1998) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix Buffaloes.
Career
St. Louis Cardinals
On 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
On 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
On December 27, 2022, Cedeño signed with the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball.[8] He played in 57 games for Orix in 2023, slashing .244/.278/.438 with nine home runs and 34 RBI.
Cedeño played in 98 games for the Buffaloes in 2024, hitting .260/.320/.438 with 15 home runs and 37 RBI. On December 2, 2024, he became a free agent.[9]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "[Oryx] Sedinho is free to be removed from the list of players on hold. This season, he will hit the team's top 15 home runs". news.yahoo.co.jp=en. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)