Robinson Tejeda

Infobox MLB player


width = 150px
name=Robinson Tejeda
position=Relief pitcher
team=Kansas City Royals
number=51
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1982|3|24
birthplace=Baní, Dominican Republic
debutdate=May 10
debutyear=2005
debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
statyear=2008 season
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=16-19
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.77
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=226
teams=
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|2005)
*Texas Rangers (by|2006-by|2008)
*Kansas City Royals (by|2008-present)

Robinson Garcia Tejeda (born March 24, 1982 in Baní, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals.

Tejeda was signed as an amateur free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies on November 24, by|1998. He made his professional debut the following year with the GCL Phillies. Tejeda spent the by|2001, by|2002, and by|2003 seasons with the Single-A Lakewood BlueClaws and Clearwater Threshers before being promoted to the Double-A Reading Phillies in by|2004.

In mlby|2005, Tejeda made the jump to the major league club. Starting with his debut against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 10, 2005, he appeared in 26 games – half of those as a starter.

Tejeda was a member of the Dominican Republic team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He only made two appearances during the tournament, a shutout inning against Australia and a rough ninth-inning appearance in the Domincan Republic's first game against Cuba.

Just prior to the start of the by|2006 season, Tejada was dealt by the Phillies to the Texas Rangers along with Jake Blalock (the brother of Rangers' star Hank Blalock) in exchange for outfielder David Dellucci. He started the season with the Triple-A Oklahoma RedHawks, but was called up to the Rangers at the end of April. His first outings were shaky, and he was quickly reassigned back to Oklahoma. Aside from an emergency call-up in June, Tejeda stayed with the RedHawks until he was recalled for good in mid-August. Tejeda was in excellent form for the latter third of the season, going 4-1 over eight starts, with an ERA of 2.01.

Tejeda earned a spot in the starting rotation for the mlby|2007 season, but poor performance in July resulted in his demotion back to Triple-A.

On June 24, mlby|2008, the Kansas City Royals claimed Tejeda off waivers from the Rangers.

Tejeda throws a quality fastball (96 mph) and changeup, and is developing a useful curveball.

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