Dashenko Adriano Ricardo (born March 1, 1990) is a Dutch-Curaçaoan professional

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for

Curaçao Neptunus Neptunus is a baseball and softball club in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Following its 2014 championship season, the club signed a sponsorship contract for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons with Curaçao and competes under the name Curaçao Neptun ...

of the

Honkbal Hoofdklasse The Honkbal Hoofdklasse ( Dutch for ''Major League Baseball'') is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softb ...

. He played for Team Netherlands in the

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, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.

Career

Baltimore Orioles

Ricardo was signed as an undrafted free agent by the

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in 2007. He made his professional debut in 2007 with the

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Orioles. In 2008, he played for the rookie ball

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, slashing .169/.199/.199 in 39 games. In 2009, Ricardo played for the rookie ball

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and the Single-A

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, hitting .234/.266/.304 between the two teams. He split the 2010 season between Bluefield and the Low-A

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, batting .187/.230/.262 with 1 home run and 6 RBI.

San Francisco Giants

The

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selected Ricardo in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft after the 2010 season. He pitched for the

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in 2011, recording a 9.00 ERA in 3 appearances. In 2012, Ricardo hit for the Low-A

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, slashing .253/.268/.333 with 2 home runs and 17 RBI. On January 24, 2013, Ricardo was released by the Giants organization.

Los Angeles Dodgers

Ricardo signed a minor league contract with the

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on March 17, 2013. He bounced around the Dodgers system, appearing in 26 games for Class-A

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, 9 for AA

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and 2 for AAA

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. On March 9, 2014, Ricardo was released by the Dodgers organization.

Corendon Kinheim

On March 27, 2014, Ricardo signed with the

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of the

. He hit .266/.307/.424 with 3 home runs and 28 RBI in 2014. Ricardo greatly improved in 2015, slashing .420/.441/.609 with 4 home runs and a career-high 40 RBI in 42 games.

Curaçao Neptunus

On November 2, 2015, Ricardo joined the

of the

for the 2016 season. In 25 games for the team, he hit .404/.448/.543. On June 7, 2016, Ricardo retired from professional baseball, stating that “he cannot motivate himself anymore to play baseball.”

Lincoln Saltdogs

Ricardo's retirement was short lived as he signed with the

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of the

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on November 2, 2016. In 69 games for Lincoln, Ricardo slashed .270/.309/.371. On January 11, 2018, Ricardo re-signed with Lincoln. Ricardo batted .269/.307/.379 with 5 home runs and 35 RBI in 2018.

Tampa Bay Rays

On December 18, 2018, Ricardo signed with the

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of the

. On March 22, 2019, Ricardo's contract was sold to the

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organization. He spent the year in Triple-A with the

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, slashing .171/.211/.314 in 16 games. November 4, 2019, Ricardo elected free agency.

Curaçao Neptunus (second stint)

On December 29, 2019, Ricardo signed with the

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of the

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. On July 20, 2020, Ricardo joined the

of the

for the 2020 after the Frontier League season was cancelled due to the

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. He hit .271/.325/.386 in 18 games in 2020. On April 29, 2021, Ricardo joined the club for the 2021 season.

International career

As a member of the

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he played in the

2009 Baseball World Cup The 2009 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 38th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through ...

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike ...

, ,

2014 European Baseball Championship The 2014 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament held in the Czech Republic and Germany. The defending champion Italy lost in the final to the Netherlands, who became champion for the 21st time. Qualification Th ...

2015 World Port Tournament The World Port Tournament is an international baseball tournament held at the ''Neptunus Familiestadion'' in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The tournament has been held every other year ( excluded) in odd-numbered years since , alternating with the Ha ...

2015 WBSC Premier12 The 2015 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship sponsored by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the inaugural event of the WBSC Premier12. It was held from November 8 to 21 in Taiwan and Japan. The South Korea ...

2016 Haarlem Baseball Week The 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from 15–24 July 2016. It was the 28th edition of the tournament. In the final the Netherlands won over Japan, ...

, , and the

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''Honkbalsite , Honkbalnieuws uit Nederland'' He played for Team Netherlands in the

, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019. He represented the

at the

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References

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