Ángel Ernesto Padrón (born September 16, 1997) is a Venezuelan

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left-handed

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who is a free agent. He signed with the

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as an international free agent in 2014. Padrón is listed at and . In 2024, Padrón threw a

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against Gigantes de Rivas of the Nicaraguan League, the first in

Caribbean Series The Caribbean Series ( Spanish: ''Serie del Caribe'') is an annual club tournament contested by professional baseball teams in Latin America. It is organized by the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation. The series is normally played in ...

history since

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Career

Boston Red Sox

On July 14, 2014, Padrón signed with the

organization as an international free agent. He made his professional debut with the

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, working to a 5.21

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(ERA). In 2016, he played for the DSL Red Sox and the rookie-level GCL Red Sox, working to a 3.86 ERA over 13 games. He returned the next year and posted a 3.21 ERA in 10 games. He was promoted partway through the season and played in Single-A for the

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of the

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, posting a 5.14 ERA in 14.0 innings of work. The following year, in 2018, Padrón was promoted to the High-A

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, and worked to a 3.99 ERA in 29 games. He returned to Greenville in 2019, making 28 appearances and posting a 2–7 record and 3.40 ERA with 85 strikeouts across innings pitched. Padrón was released by the Red Sox organization on November 14, 2019.

Guerreros de Oaxaca

On January 20, 2023, Padrón signed with the

Guerreros de Oaxaca The Guerreros de Oaxaca (English: Oaxaca Warriors) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Their home field is Estadio Eduardo Vasconcelos. History In October 1995, a group of businessmen, ...

of the

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. In 12 games for Oaxaca, Padrón worked to a 5.16 ERA, allowing 24 walks.

Dorados de Chihuahua

On October 6, 2023, Padrón signed with

El Águila de Veracruz El Águila de Veracruz (English: The Eagle of Veracruz) is a professional baseball team that plays in the Mexican League. Based in Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, they play their home games at the Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila. Histor ...

of the

. However, on December 22, he was traded to the Dorados de Chihuahua. In 8 starts for Chihuahua in 2024, he struggled to a 2–5 record and 6.18 ERA with 26 strikeouts across innings pitched. Padrón was released by the Dorados on November 19, 2024.

Winter leagues

Padrón has played several seasons in the

Venezuelan Professional Baseball League The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (, or LVBP) is the top-level professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year. History Background and predecessors Baseball had been play ...

, most of them with the

Tigres de Aragua The Tigres de Aragua () is a baseball team that plays in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League and represents the state of Aragua. Founded in 1965, the Tigres plays its home games at the Estadio José Pérez Colmenares in Maracay. The team ...

, whom he played for in four seasons from 2020–21 to 2023–24. He starting the 2023–24 LVBP season with an 11.37 ERA with the Tigres. On November 14, 2023, Padrón was traded, along with 3B Carlos Rivero and RHP Pedro Rodriguez, to

Tiburones de La Guaira The Tiburones de La Guaira () are a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP). Though they nominally represent La Guaira (playing at the Estadio Jorge Luis García Carneiro), they also play home games at the Estadio Un ...

for Angel Aguilar and Leobaldo Cabrera. With Tiburones, Padrón's performance improved significantly, to an ERA of 3.06 in 17.2 innings. In the postseason, he worked to a 5.27 ERE, though his sole appearance in the championship series was 2.0 innings of scoreless relief. In the final group stage game of the 2024 Caribbean Series on February 7, Padrón threw a nine-inning

against Gigantes de Rivas of the Nicaraguan League. It was the first no-hitter in

history in over 70 years, since Tommy Fine did so with the Leones del Habana in

. In doing so, Padrón became the first pitcher to throw a no-hitter in the modern era of the tournament ( post-1970), and the only pitcher of Hispanic origin to do so.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Padrón, Ángel 1997 births Sportspeople from San Cristóbal, Táchira Venezuelan expatriate baseball people in the United States Tiburones de La Guaira players Guerreros de Oaxaca players Tigres de Aragua players Cardenales de Lara players Venezuelan expatriate baseball people in Mexico Living people Dorados de Chihuahua players