Allen Córdoba

Allen Octavio Córdoba Pose (born December 6, 1995) is a Panamanian professional baseball infielder in the San Diego Padres organization. He made his major league debut on April 3, 2017. A right-handed batter and thrower, Córdoba stands 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighs 175 pounds (79 kg).

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Córdoba and the second or maternal family name is Pose.
Allen Córdoba
San Diego Padres
Infielder
Born: (1995-12-06) December 6, 1995
Changuinola, Bocas del Toro, Panama
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 3, 2017, for the San Diego Padres
MLB statistics
(through 2017 season)
Batting average.208
Home runs4
Runs batted in15
Teams

Career

Córdoba signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent on April 12, 2013. He was the Gulf Coast League Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015, and won the Appalachian League batting title while playing with the Johnson City Cardinals in 2016. With Johnson City, he made 220 plate appearances, batted .362, .427 on-base percentage, 16 doubles and five triples.[1] He was selected by the San Diego Padres after the season in the 2016 Rule 5 draft.[2][3]

Córdoba made the Padres' 2017 Opening Day roster.[4] At 21 years old, he had never previously played above Rookie League ball.[5] He hit his first major league home run on April 18, 2017, versus Jaime García in the seventh inning of 5−4 loss to the Atlanta Braves at SunTrust Park.[6] Córdoba was batting as high as .310 as of June 2, but he slumped afterward, and lost playing time as a result.[7] Cordoba made a total of 42 starts in 2017, 24 in left field, 15 at shortstop, 2 in center, and 1 in right, but only had 56 plate appearances after the All-Star break.[5] Cordoba made 11 of his starts in left in May after Travis Jankowski went down with a foot injury, but he was displaced by José Pirela, who came up in early June. He saw more playing time at shortstop in June, but the Padres chose to stay with Erick Aybar, and then Dusty Coleman when Aybar was on the disabled list.[8] Cordoba finished the season with a .208/.282/.297 batting line and 4 home runs in 202 at-bats.

See also

References
  1. Lin, Dennis (April 30, 2017). "Rule 5 pick Allen Cordoba impressing with Padres". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. Goold, Derrick (December 8, 2016). "Cardinals lose infield prospect Cordoba in Rule 5 draft". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  3. MLB.com (December 8, 2016). "2016 Rule 5 Draft results". MLB.com. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. Lin, Dennis (April 1, 2017). "Padres set opening-day roster, option Cory Spangenberg to El Paso". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  5. Sanders, Jeff (December 12, 2017). "Padres roster review: Allen Cordoba". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
  6. Cassavell, A. J. (April 18, 2017). "Rule 5 pick Cordoba hits 1st MLB homer". MLB.com. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  7. Lin, Dennis (August 18, 2017). "After hot start, rookie Allen Cordoba adjusting to view from bench". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  8. Salom, Benjamin (July 1, 2017). "What's Next for Allen Cordoba?". EastVillageTimes.com. Retrieved January 23, 2018.
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