Luis Sardiñas
| Luis Sardiñas | |||
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| Seattle Mariners – No. 16 | |||
| Infielder | |||
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Born: May 16, 1993 Upata, Venezuela | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 20, 2014, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics (through April 9, 2016) | |||
| Batting average | .233 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 14 | ||
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Luis Alexander Sardiñas Avilez (born May 16, 1993) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Texas Rangers during the 2014 season, and played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2015.
Career
Texas Rangers
Sardiñas was signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 2009 and started the 2013 season with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans and was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders during the season.[1]
Sardiñas was ranked by MLB.com as the 84th best prospect in baseball before the 2013 season. He was considered the Rangers second best prospect by MLB.com during the 2013-14 offesason.[2]
The Rangers promoted Sardiñas to the major leagues on April 19, 2014.[3] He made his major league debut the next day. [4]
Milwaukee Brewers
On January 19, 2015, the Rangers traded Sardiñas, Corey Knebel, and Marcos Diplan to the Milwaukee Brewers for starting pitcher Yovani Gallardo.[5]
Seattle Mariners
On November 20, 2015, the Brewers traded Sardiñas to the Seattle Mariners for Ramón Flores.[6] Sardiñas hit his first Major League homerun on April 5, 2016, a two run shot off of reliever Andrew Faulkner of the Texas Rangers in the 8th inning.
References
- ↑ "Sardinas, Odor among trio moved to Double-A". Mlb.mlb.com. January 8, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Rangers place OF Adduci on DL, recall INF Sardinas". Associated Press. USA Today. April 19, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ↑ "White Sox explode for 16 runs, yield just 2 hits in rout of Rangers". Associated Press. ESPN.com. April 20, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
- ↑ Watkins, Calvin (January 19, 2015). "Yovani Gallardo headed to Rangers". ESPN.
- ↑ http://marinersblog.mlblogs.com/2015/11/20/mariners-acquire-inf-luis-sardinas-from-milwaukee/
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)