Aaron David Ledesma was a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

 infielder

Infielder

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Playing career

Ledesma was drafted in the second round of the 1990 Major League Baseball Draft

1990 Major League Baseball Draft

-First round selections:The following are the first round picks in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft.-Background:The draft went a record 101 rounds, surpassing 1989's total of 88, and included a record 1,487 selections. The Astros led all clubs with 100 selections. Seattle was second with 75,...

 by the New York Mets

New York Mets

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. Prior to the 1996 season, he was traded by the Mets to the California Angels

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

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 for Kevin Flora

Kevin Flora

Kevin Scot Flora was a Major League Baseball outfielder.Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1987 MLB amateur draft, Flora would make his Major League Baseball debut with the California Angels on September 27, 1991, and appear in his final game on September 29, 1995.-Teams:*...

. Ledesma spent the 1996 season in the minors, became a minor league free agent after the season, and signed with the Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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 in 1997. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

Tampa Bay Rays

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 from Orioles as the 62nd pick in the 1997 Major League Baseball expansion draft. After the 1999 season, the Devil Rays traded Ledesma with Rolando Arrojo

Rolando Arrojo

Luis Rolando Arrojo Avila was a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched from to .Arrojo made his mark with the teams from Villa Clara in the Cuban National Series, where he still is the all-time leader in hit batsmen. He was the staff ace on the Villa Clara team that won 3 consecutive Cuban...

 to the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

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 for Vinny Castilla

Vinny Castilla

Vinicio "Vinny" Castilla Soria is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his best years with the Colorado Rockies and Atlanta Braves...

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Coaching career

Ledesma served as the hitting coach for the Class-A Advanced Tampa Yankees

Tampa Yankees

The Tampa Yankees are a minor league baseball team based in Tampa, Florida. They are currently members of the Florida State League and are the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the New York Yankees Major League Baseball team. Home games are played at George M. Steinbrenner Field, a miniature replica of...

 in 2008, and served as the hitting coach for the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in 2009 and 2010.

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