Pedro Okuda

{{short description|Brazilian baseball player (born 1990)}} {{Infobox MLB player | name =Pedro Okuda <br>ペドロ奥田 | image = | alt = | caption = | team = | number = | position =Shortstop | positionplain = | birth_date ={{birth date and age|1990|4|20|df=y}} | birth_place =Marilia, Brazil | death_date = | death_place = | bats =Left | throws =Right }} '''Pedro Okuda''' (born 20 April 1990 in Marilia, Brazil) is a former professional baseball shortstop. Though he was born in Brazil, Okuda attended Honjo Daiichi High School in Saitama, Japan.<ref name="times">{{cite news |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thehotstoneleague/2010521725_brazilian-born_shortstop_from.html |title=Brazilian-born shortstop from Japan signs with Seattle and will report to Venezuela |author=Larry Stone |date=December 16, 2009 |work=The Seattle Times |publisher=seattletimes.nwsource.com |accessdate=2009-12-16}}</ref><ref name="mlb Okuda">{{cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20091216&content_id=7817106&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb |title=Mariners sign 19-year-old Okuda |author=Alden Gonzalez |date=December 16, 2009 |work=Major League Baseball |publisher=mlb.mlb.com |accessdate=2009-12-16}}</ref> He played for the Brazil national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mariners/2013/01/17/felix-hernandez-leads-group-of-several-mariners-to-play-in-world-baseball-classic/ |title=Felix Hernandez leads group of Mariners to play in World Baseball Classic |access-date=2013-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020163941/http://blog.thenewstribune.com/mariners/2013/01/17/felix-hernandez-leads-group-of-several-mariners-to-play-in-world-baseball-classic/ |archive-date=2014-10-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Career == Okuda was signed by Yasushi Yamamoto and Pat Kelly, scouts for the Seattle Mariners, on December 16, 2009.<ref name="times"/> {{Cquote|Pedro is a player who has a lot of spirit and enthusiasm and we look forward to watching him develop in the Seattle Mariners organization.|||Mariners vice president of international operations Bob Engle on signing Pedro Okuda, ''MLB.com'': December 16, {{mlby|2009}}.<ref name="times"/>}}

On December 18, 2013, Okuda was released by the Mariners.

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==External links== {{baseballstats|brm=okuda-001ped}} {{Brazil 2013 World Baseball Classic roster}}{{Brazil roster 2026 World Baseball Classic|state=collapsed}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Okuda, Pedro}} Category:1990 births Category:2013 World Baseball Classic players Category:Brazilian expatriate baseball players in Japan Category:Brazilian expatriate baseball players in the United States Category:Brazilian expatriate baseball players in Venezuela Category:Brazilian people of Japanese descent Category:Sportspeople of Japanese descent Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Marília Category:Baseball players from São Paulo (state) Category:Venezuelan Summer League Mariners players Category:World Baseball Classic players of Brazil