- Rick Asadoorian
Eric A. "Rick" Asadoorian (born
July 23 ,1980 inWorcester, Massachusetts ) is apitcher inMinor League Baseball .A graduate of
Northbridge High School inNorthbridge, Massachusetts , Asadoorian was a first-team High School All-American as an outfielder in 1999 and he was selected in the first round of the 1999 MLB Draft by theBoston Red Sox . The Red Sox signed him to a $1.725 million signing bonus, the second-largest bonus given to a drafted player in Red Sox history at that point.The Sox sent him to the
Gulf Coast Red Sox in 2000 and then to the Class-AAugusta GreenJackets in 2001. He was traded to theSt. Louis Cardinals onDecember 12 ,2001 (along with two other minor leaguers) forDustin Hermanson .The Cards sent him to the
Peoria Chiefs in Class-A for the 2002 season, where he hit .265 in 137 games.Asadoorian began the 2003 season with the
Palm Beach Cardinals but was then traded onMay 27 to the Texas Rangers for pitcherEsteban Yan and cash. He split the rest of the season between theClinton Lumber Kings andStockton Ports .In 2004, he played for the Double-A
Frisco RoughRiders and Triple-AOklahoma Redhawks .In 2005, he was picked by the
Cincinnati Reds in the minor league portion of theRule 5 Draft and spent the season splitting between Double-AChattanooga Lookouts and Triple-ALouisville Bats . He made his first appearance as a pitcher with Chattanooga, starting one game and lasting four innings, allowing seven earned runs.In 2006, he played in 99 more games as an outfielder, hitting .267 and pitched in three games.
For the 2007 season, he was converted to a pitcher full time. Appearing in 12 games for High A
Sarasota Reds with a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings and in 37 games for Chattanooga, managing a 3.59 ERA in 52.2 innings pitched.He was signed as a free agent by the
Los Angeles Dodgers in December, 2007 and assigned to the Double-AJacksonville Suns for the 2008 season. He was 4-4 with the Suns with a 6.75 ERA before being released onJune 4 .External links
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/A/Rick-Asadoorian.shtml Baseball Cube]
* [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?n=Rick%20Asadoorian&pos=P&sid=l111&t=p_pbp&pid=407928 Minor League Baseball bio]
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