Anderson Tejeda #8

Anderson Alexander Tejeda...signed by Roberto Aquino and Rodolfo Rosario...Tejeda's hometown of Bani, Dominican Republic, has produced many big leaguers including Miguel Tejada, Jose Ramirez, Juan Uribe, Luis Casitllo and Erick Aybar.

2020

Logged 23 games over two stints with Texas in his 1st Major League action: 8/2-10 and 9/1-end of season...made his ML debut with a start at second base on 8/6 at OAK, finishing 2-for-4 with a home run, three RBI and a stolen base (see “notes” below)...batted .290 (9-31) with 2 HR and 5 RBI in 1st 10 G/9 GS and hit .227 (10-44) with one HR and three RBI in final 13 G/12 GS...posted a .278 BA (15-54) as a left-handed batter and a .190 BA (4-21) from the right side...struck out in 30 of 77 (39%) plate appearances...Eight of 19 hits went for XBH (3 HR, 3B, 4 2B)…had 23 games/21 starts at SS (16), 2B (4), and DH (1)...compiled a .955 fielding percentage (3 E/67 TC), all errors as a shortstop... amassed 0.3 defensive wins above replacement (baseballreference), the 2nd-best mark among Texas infielders (Isiah Kiner-Falefa-1.3).

2019

Was limited to just 43 appearances due to subluxation of his left shoulder, which he suffered while sliding into a base...last saw game action on 5/29 vs. Salem before being placed on the injured list from 5/31-end of season…batted .289/.355/.470/.825 (24-83) in 1st 22 contests, but finished with a .173/.273/.293/.566 (13-75) slash line over final 21 games…all 4 of his home runs came against right-handed pitching recorded 3rd multi-HR outing of his professional career on 4/14 vs. Lynchburg (2 HR)… posted .963 fielding percentage (6 E/164 TC) in 39 games as a shortstop, highest of his career at the position.