Juan Cedeño
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| Born: August 19, 1983 Higüey, La Altagracia, Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |||||||||||||||
| KBO debut | |||||||||||||||
| May 26, 2009, for the Doosan Bears | |||||||||||||||
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Juan Cedeño (born August 19, 1983) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He pitched for the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization in 2009.
Career[edit]
The Boston Red Sox signed Cedeño as an international free agent in 2001. He played organization from 2002 through 2005, until he was traded with Chip Ambres to the Kansas City Royals for Tony Graffanino.[1] Cedeño played for the Royals organization from 2005 through 2007. He split the 2008 season in the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Dodgers organizations. In 2009, Cedeño pitched for the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization.[2]
Cedeño didn't pitch in 2010. He pitched for the independent baseball Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings in 2011. In the 2011-12 offseason, he signed a minor league contract with the New York Yankees, receiving an invitation to spring training.[3]
Cedeño was traded from Scranton-Wilkes Barre, Yankees' Triple-A affiliate, to Gwinnett, the Atlanta Braves' Triple-A affiliate, on May 12, 2013.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Cafardo, Nick (July 20, 2005). "It's a Busy Day For Dealing; Graffanino and Hyzdu Aboard; Embree is Out". The Boston Globe. p. F.5. Retrieved November 29, 2011. (subscription required)
- ^ "두산, 외국인 투수 좌완 후안 세데뇨 영입 - 노컷뉴스". 26 April 2009.
- ^ "Yankees sign INF Russell Branyan, RHP Manny Delcarmen, INF Bill Hall, LHP Hideki Okajima and OF Dewayne Wise to Minor League contracts". MLB.com.
- ^ "Tweet". twitter.com. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Augusta GreenJackets players
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Doosan Bears players
- Erie SeaWolves players
- Great Lakes Loons players
- Gulf Coast Red Sox players
- Gwinnett Braves players
- KBO League pitchers
- Lakeland Flying Tigers players
- People from La Altagracia Province
- Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings players
- Sarasota Red Sox players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players
- Wichita Wranglers players
- Wilmington Blue Rocks players
- World Baseball Classic players of the Dominican Republic
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players