- Tony Granadillo
Infobox MLB player
width = 150px
name = Tony Granadillo
position = infield
team = Portland Sea Dogs
number = 81
bats = right| throws = right| birthdate = birthdate and age|1984|8|10Antonio J. Granadillo (born
August 10 ,1984 atValencia, Carabobo ,Venezuela ) is aninfielder who plays in theBoston Red Sox organization, assigned to the Double-APortland Sea Dogs .Professional career
Granadillo was signed by the
St. Louis Cardinals on May 1, 2001 as an undrafted free agent. He started his professional career playing for theJohnson City Cardinals of theAppalachian League . He was selectedAppalachian League All-Star 3B during the year.In December by|2004 he was acquired by the Red Sox in the rule 5 draft in the minor league phase [cite web
url=http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2004/12/14/no_plans_to_trade_ramirez/?page=2 | title=No plans to trade Ramirez | publisher=Boston Globe |author=Gordon Edes and Bob Hohler |date=2004-12-14 |accessdate=2008-03-26] and has played for theGulf Coast Red Sox ,Greenville Bombers ,Lancaster JetHawks as well as the Portland Sea Dogs.In by|2008 Granadillo was invited to participate in the Red Sox spring training major league camp. [cite web
url=http://redsox.scout.com/2/728984.html | title=Red Sox Non-Roster Invitees: Position Players | publisher=Scout.com |author=Jerry Beach |date=2008-02-13 |accessdate=2008-03-26] He was reassigned to minor league camp on March 8th. [cite web
url=http://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2008/03/09/a_small_bend_in_road_for_buchholz/?page=2 | title=A small bend in road for Buchholz | publisher=Boston Globe |author=Amalie Benjamin |date=2008-03-09 |accessdate=2008-03-26]Awards and reconition
*2004 Appalachian League All-Star
*2007California League All-Star [cite web
url=http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Tony%20Granadillo&pos=2B&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=457485 | title=Tony Granadillo 24 | publisher=MiLB.com |author= |date=|accessdate=2008-08-05]References
External links
*baseballstats | mlb=457485 | espn= | br= | fangraphs= | cube=G/Tony-Granadillo
* [http://www.soxprospects.com/players/granadillo-tony.htm Sox Prospects] Tony Granadillo page
* [http://minors.baseball-reference.com/players.cgi?pid=5728 Baseball Reference] , minor league statistics
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