Full Name: Ronny Alexander Cedeno
Position: Shortstop//Second Baseman
Born: February 2, 1983 (On his birthday, he saw his shadow, meaning 40 more years of dictatorial rule for Hugo Chavez).
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190 lbs.
How acquired: Signed as a free agent from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Uniform number: 13. What, him worry?
MLB experience: 7 seasons, with the Cubbies, Seattle and Pittsburgh.
Best season: 2010, when he posted a slash line of .256/.293/.382 in 502 plate appearances for Pittsburgh.
Injury history: Concussion (2011); Fractured Left Hand (2005).
2012 salary: $1.15 million.
Actual scouting notes: Cedeno is a mostly slap-hitting middle infielder with a little pop, a slick glove and a gun for an arm. He’ll push Ruben Tejada in Spring Training and make a bid for the second base job over Justin Turner, but with DePodesta and company making the decisions, I can’t see an out machine like Ronny getting a full time job. He’ll make a solid bench veteran who can cover both middle infield positions ably and provide a right-handed bat to counter situational lefties.
Weird, wild stuff: Cedeno is a remarkably boring individual. He has not been kidnapped, killed anyone, or had his girlfriend go on Venezuelan Big Brother and have sex with various men, all of which have happened to other Venezuelan-born players. About all I can come up with is that he will be wearing #13, presumably in honor of fellow Venezuelan ex-Met Edgardo Alfonzo. Ronny, you ain’t no Fonzie.
Position: Shortstop//Second Baseman
Born: February 2, 1983 (On his birthday, he saw his shadow, meaning 40 more years of dictatorial rule for Hugo Chavez).
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 190 lbs.
How acquired: Signed as a free agent from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Uniform number: 13. What, him worry?
MLB experience: 7 seasons, with the Cubbies, Seattle and Pittsburgh.
Best season: 2010, when he posted a slash line of .256/.293/.382 in 502 plate appearances for Pittsburgh.
Injury history: Concussion (2011); Fractured Left Hand (2005).
2012 salary: $1.15 million.
Actual scouting notes: Cedeno is a mostly slap-hitting middle infielder with a little pop, a slick glove and a gun for an arm. He’ll push Ruben Tejada in Spring Training and make a bid for the second base job over Justin Turner, but with DePodesta and company making the decisions, I can’t see an out machine like Ronny getting a full time job. He’ll make a solid bench veteran who can cover both middle infield positions ably and provide a right-handed bat to counter situational lefties.
Weird, wild stuff: Cedeno is a remarkably boring individual. He has not been kidnapped, killed anyone, or had his girlfriend go on Venezuelan Big Brother and have sex with various men, all of which have happened to other Venezuelan-born players. About all I can come up with is that he will be wearing #13, presumably in honor of fellow Venezuelan ex-Met Edgardo Alfonzo. Ronny, you ain’t no Fonzie.
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