Luis Sardiñas

Luis Alexander Sardiñas Avilez (born May 16, 1993) is a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder who is a free agent. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Texas Rangers during the 2014 season, and played for the Milwaukee Brewers in 2015, the Seattle Mariners in 2016, the San Diego Padres in 2016 and 2017 and the Baltimore Orioles in 2018.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Sardiñas and the second or maternal family name is Avilez.
Luis Sardiñas
Free agent
Infielder
Born: (1993-05-16) May 16, 1993
Upata, Venezuela
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 20, 2014, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Batting average.224
Home runs5
Runs batted in32
Teams

Career

Texas Rangers

Sardiñas signed with the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 2009. He started the 2013 season with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League and was promoted to the Frisco RoughRiders of the Class AA Texas League 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 offseason.[2]

The Rangers promoted Sardiñas to the major leagues on April 19, 2014.[3] He made his major league debut the next day.[4] He collected his first Major League hit off of Andre Rienzo.

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] He batted .196/.240/.216 in 36 games for the Brewers in 2015,[6] while also playing for the Colorado Springs Sky Sox of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL).[7]

Seattle Mariners

On November 20, 2015, the Brewers traded Sardiñas to the Seattle Mariners for Ramón Flores.[8] Sardiñas hit his first major league home run on April 5, 2016, off of reliever Andrew Faulkner of the Rangers.[9] He batted .181/.203/.264 in 72 at bats for the Mariners during the 2016 season, while also playing for the Tacoma Rainiers of the PCL.[10]

San Diego Padres

On August 15, 2016, the Mariners traded Sardiñas to the San Diego Padres in return for a player to be named later or cash considerations.[11] He batted .287 for the Padres for the remainder of the 2016 season, and competed to become the Padres' starting shortstop in 2017.[12] He did not win the starting shortstop role,[13] but made the team as a reserve He batted .163/.226/.163 in 2017 before the Padres designated him for assignment on May 21.[14]

Baltimore Orioles

The Baltimore Orioles claimed Sardiñas off of waivers on May 24.[15] They outrighted him to the Norfolk Tides of the Class AAA International League on May 26.[16] He was outrighted to AAA Norfolk Tides again on July 6, 2018. He elected free agency on October 2, 2018.[17]

Washington Nationals

On January 22, 2019, Sardiñas signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals.[18] He became a free agent following the 2019 season, [19] but later re-signed to a minor league deal in the offseason. Sardiñas was released on May 29, 2020.[20]

See also

References
  1. "Sardinas, Odor among trio moved to Double-A". Mlb.mlb.com. January 8, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  2. "2013 Prospect Watch". MLB.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  3. "Rangers place OF Adduci on DL, recall INF Sardinas". USA Today. Associated Press. April 19, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  4. "White Sox explode for 16 runs, yield just 2 hits in rout of Rangers". ESPN.com. Associated Press. April 20, 2014. Retrieved May 9, 2014.
  5. Watkins, Calvin (January 19, 2015). "Yovani Gallardo headed to Rangers". ESPN.
  6. "Milwaukee Brewers send Luis Sardinas to Seattle Mariners for Ramon Flores". Espn.com. November 20, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  7. Briggeman, Brent. "Colorado Springs Sky Sox shortstop Luis Sardinas armed to follow his idol's path | Colorado Springs Gazette, News". Gazette.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  8. "Mariners Acquire INF Luis Sardiñas from Milwaukee – From the Corner of Edgar & Dave". Marinersblog.mlblogs.com. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  9. "Baseball Capsules". The Big Story. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
  10. Johns, Greg (January 20, 2016). "Mariners trade Luis Sardinas to Padres | MLB.com". M.mariners.mlb.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  11. Watkins, Ryan (August 15, 2016). "Mariners trade utility infielder Luis Sardinas to the Padres". The Seattle Times.
  12. "Luis Sardinas looks to take next step at shortstop". The San Diego Union-Tribune. February 20, 2017. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  13. "Luis Sardinas out of shortstop race, competing for utility role". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  14. "Cahill goes for MRI; Sardinas DFA'd to make room for Chase d'Arnaud". The San Diego Union-Tribune. May 8, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  15. "Orioles claim infielder Luis Sardinas off waivers from Padres". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
  16. Roch Kubatko (August 18, 2016). "Orioles outright Luis Sardiñas - School of Roch". Masnsports.com. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
  17. Todd, Jeff (October 8, 2018). "Players Electing Free Agency". MLB Trade Rumors. Retrieved October 9, 2018.
  18. Byrne, Connor (January 26, 2019). "Nationals Sign Luis Sardinas". mlbtraderumors.com. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  19. Matt Eddy (November 7, 2019). "Minor League Free Agents 2019". Baseball America. Retrieved November 7, 2019.
  20. Cooper, J.J. (June 1, 2020). "135 MiLB Releases We Learned About Today". Baseball America. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
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