Dashenko Ricardo
Dashenko Adriano Ricardo is a Dutch professional baseball catcher for the Gateway Grizzlies of the Frontier League. He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.Career
Ricardo was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Baltimore Orioles in 2007. With the Orioles, he pitched in the Dominican Summer League in 2007, Gulf Coast League in 2008, South Atlantic League in 2009, Appalachian League in 2009–2010 and New York–Penn League in 2010.
The San Francisco Giants selected Ricardo in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft after the 2010 season. He played for the Arizona League Giants in 2011 and the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2012. The Giants released him in February, 2013. He signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 17, 2013. He bounced around the Dodgers system, appearing in 26 games for Class-A Great Lakes, 9 for AA Chattanooga and 2 for AAA Albuquerque. He was released by the Dodgers in March 2014.
As a member of the Netherlands national baseball team he played in the 2009 Baseball World Cup, 2013 World Baseball Classic, , 2014 European Baseball Championship, 2015 World Port Tournament, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2016 Haarlem Baseball Week, , and the 2016 European Baseball Championship.
He played for Team Netherlands in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, and at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament in Italy in September 2019.
