- Damaso Espino
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Damaso Espino Free agent Catcher Born: May 8, 1983
Los Santos, PanamaBats: Right Throws: Right Damaso Matias Espino (born May 8, 1983 in Los Santos, Panama), is a professional baseball catcher, who is a free agent.
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Professional career
Cincinnati Reds organization
Espino was originally signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an undrafted free agent infielder in 1999. He played for the Gulf Coast Reds from 2000–2002, earning Gulf Coast League All-Star honors in 2002 as a third baseman when he hit .332 in 58 games.
Kansas City Royals organization
He was traded by the Reds on March 6, 2003 to the Kansas City Royals. The Royals assigned hin to the Class-A Burlington Bees for 2003 and promoted him to the Wilmington Blue Rocks in 2004. In 2005 he returned to Burlington and made the transition to playing catcher. He spent 2006-2007 in AA with the Wichita Wranglers and made it to AAA in 2008 with the Omaha Royals.
Cleveland Indians organization
Espino was traded by the Royals to the Cleveland Indians on June 12, 2008 for cash. He remained with the Indians through 2010, playing for the AA Akron Aeros and AAA Columbus Clippers.
World Baseball Classic
Espino played in the World Baseball Classic for Panama in both 2006 and 2009, with a total of three at-bats in the two series.
Los Angeles Dodgers organization
He signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2011 and received an invitation to major league camp. He was assigned to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes, where he appeared in 65 games and hit .292.
Personal
Espino's cousin Paolo plays in the Indians organization, was also on Panama's roster for the World Baseball Classic.[1]
References
- ^ Lisa Winston (2009-02-04). "Baseball is in Espino cousins' blood". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090202&content_id=3791054&vkey=news_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle. Retrieved 2009-02-05.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Panama 2006 World Baseball Classic roster 1 Manuel O. Rodríguez | 4 Earl Agnoly | 7 Javier Castillo | 8 Damaso Espino | 11 Vicente Garibaldo | 12 Santos Hernández | 14 Rubén Rivera | 15 Olmedo Sáenz | 16 Carlos Muñoz | 17 Freddy Herrera | 18 Paolo Espino | 22 Bienvenido Cedeño | 23 Manny Acosta | 24 Albenis Castillo | 25 Jorge Cortéz | 26 Audes de León | 27 Bruce Chen | 28 Adolfo Rivera | 29 Ramón Ramírez | 30 Orlando Miller | 31 Miguel Gómez | 32 Yoni Lasso | 33 Davis Romero | 36 Manny Corpas | 45 Carlos Lee | 49 César Quintero | 51 Carlos Ruiz | 56 Len Picota | 58 Roger Deago | 64 Sherman Obando
Panama 2009 World Baseball Classic roster 2 Rubén Tejada | 4 Earl Agnoly | 6 Kevin Ramos | 8 Damaso Espino | 10 Javier Castillo | 12 Manuel Campos | 14 Yeliar Castro | 15 Rafael Medina | 16 Abraham Atencio | 17 Arquimedes Nieto | 19 César Quintero | 20 Concepcion Rodriguez | 21 Paolo Espino | 22 Ángel Chávez | 25 Jorge Cortéz | 26 Audes De Leon | 27 Bruce Chen | 28 Rubén Rivera | 30 Eliecer Navarro | 35 Avelino Asprilla | 36 Manny Corpas | 40 Angel Cuan | 42 Julio Zuleta | 45 Carlos Lee | 51 Carlos Ruiz | 55 Ramiro Mendoza | 63 Luis Durango | 81 Gilberto Mendez
Manager 11 Héctor López | Coach 53 Ricardo Medina | Coach 56 Len Picota | Coach 24 Allan Lewis | Coach 43 Luis Ortiz | Coach 5 Luis Molina
Categories:- 1983 births
- Gulf Coast Reds players
- Chattanooga Lookouts players
- Burlington Bees players
- Wilmington Blue Rocks players
- High Desert Mavericks players
- Wichita Wranglers players
- Omaha Royals players
- Akron Aeros players
- Columbus Clippers players
- Albuquerque Isotopes players
- Living people
- Panamanian baseball players
- 2006 World Baseball Classic players
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- Baseball biography stubs
- Panamanian sportspeople stubs
- Baseball catcher stubs
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