LF Ruben Cardenas #8
Age: 28 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
05/30/2026
LF RUBEN CARDENAS #8 - AGE: 28 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
44 164 49 11 0 10 33 30 42 .299 .403 .549 1 0.6
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Overall Vs Left Vs Right  
Contact 45 50 45
BABIP 50 55 50
Avoid K's 45 45 45
Gap 45 45 45
Power 50 50 45
Eye 45 45 45
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 50 55
Errors: - 45 55
Arm: 20 50 50
Turn DP: - 50 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: 60
1st Base: 60 Center Field: 45
2nd Base: 30 Right Field: 55
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 60
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 50
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
05/29/2026 @ SJ Loss, 6-7 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
05/28/2026 @ SJ Loss, 3-6 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 0
05/27/2026 @ FRS Loss, 1-6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
05/26/2026 @ FRS Win, 18-9 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 0
05/25/2026 @ FRS Loss, 8-9 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
05/24/2026 SJ Win, 2-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
05/23/2026 SJ Loss, 0-4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
05/22/2026 SJ Win, 6-3 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
05/21/2026 TEM Loss, 4-6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
05/20/2026 TEM Win, 6-1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 0
Birthday:10/10/1997
Born in:Santa Clarita, CA
Nationality:American
Height:6' 2"
Weight:185 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Unknown
STATUS
Contract:Minor League Contract
Salary:-
Signed Through:-
Major Service:
Service This Yr:
40-Man Service:
Pro Service:
Arbitration Eligibility:
Option Years:
Contract Extension:
Drafted:-
TEXAS LEAGUE 2026 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 44 164 49 11 0 10 33 32 30 42 .299 .403 .549 .952 .413 .250 124
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 44 197 0 0 0 1 1 2 90 21 1 1 50.0 39.0 8.78 .6  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   19 9 2 0 2 5 4 3 3 0 0 0 .474 .545 .895 1.440
Versus Right   145 40 9 0 8 28 28 27 39 2 1 0 .276 .385 .503 .889
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
This Week   17 3 1 0 1 3 2 5 5 0 0 0 .176 .364 .412 .775
Last Week   21 4 1 0 1 2 2 3 6 1 0 0 .190 .280 .381 .661
April   66 21 3 0 6 19 16 12 15 1 1 0 .318 .418 .636 1.054
May   98 28 8 0 4 14 16 18 27 1 0 0 .286 .393 .490 .883
Career   781 216 32 4 31 149 129 97 176 5 11 11 .277 .362 .447 .809
Home   77 22 3 0 7 19 16 11 18 1 0 0 .286 .371 .597 .968
Road   87 27 8 0 3 14 16 19 24 1 1 0 .310 .430 .506 .936
Grass   164 49 11 0 10 33 32 30 42 2 1 0 .299 .403 .549 .952
Day   48 16 4 0 4 11 9 12 12 1 0 0 .333 .459 .667 1.126
Night   116 33 7 0 6 22 23 18 30 1 1 0 .284 .378 .500 .878
As Starter   164 49 11 0 10 33 32 30 42 2 1 0 .299 .403 .549 .952
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2019 Yakima - S A 21 14 48 16 4 2 0 12 12 16 4 0 5 1 0 .333 .529 .500 1.029 162 172 0.6
2019 El Paso - A 21 52 183 63 11 5 6 35 38 51 4 1 36 1 0 .344 .494 .557 1.051 164 173 2.5
2020 El Paso - A 22 29 104 20 1 1 2 6 13 8 2 0 21 2 0 .192 .263 .279 .542 39 33 -0.7
2020 Roswell - AA 22 86 312 83 5 3 7 43 54 36 7 2 66 2 2 .266 .353 .369 .722 63 61 -0.9
2021 Yakima - S A 23 34 124 27 7 0 1 16 16 19 4 3 33 3 1 .218 .333 .298 .632 80 85 -0.1
2021 Flagstaff - A 23 63 220 44 9 2 2 19 20 30 10 3 47 6 1 .200 .319 .286 .606 67 71 -0.5
2022 El Paso - A 24 12 38 9 0 0 2 6 6 7 0 0 8 0 0 .237 .356 .395 .750 110 115 0.0
2022 Flagstaff - A 24 70 269 79 8 1 10 34 37 37 3 0 61 2 4 .294 .385 .442 .827 117 115 2.2
2022 Total - A 24 82 307 88 8 1 12 40 43 44 3 0 69 2 4 .287 .381 .436 .818 116 115 2.3
2023 El Paso - A 25 34 35 11 1 0 1 7 7 5 0 0 7 1 0 .314 .400 .429 .829 113 109 0.4
2023 Roswell - AA 25 85 305 84 16 1 14 73 43 31 4 1 68 2 2 .275 .349 .472 .821 108 105 1.0
2024 Mexicali - AAA 26 123 462 148 26 2 29 77 78 32 4 5 95 4 3 .320 .366 .574 .939 129 127 3.7
2025 El Paso - A 27 93 245 88 11 3 26 76 73 46 3 5 52 5 2 .359 .458 .747 1.205 181 165 3.0
2025 Mexicali - AAA 27 12 39 11 0 1 1 4 7 4 1 0 9 0 0 .282 .364 .410 .774 88 80 -0.0
2026 Roswell - AA 28 44 164 49 11 0 10 33 32 30 0 2 42 1 1 .299 .403 .549 .952 125 124 0.6
Total PCL 135 501 159 26 3 30 81 85 36 5 5 104 4 3 .317 .366 .561 .927 126 124
Total TL 215 781 216 32 4 31 149 129 97 11 5 176 5 5 .277 .362 .447 .809 93 92
Total CAL 133 489 123 17 3 12 53 57 67 13 3 108 8 5 .252 .355 .372 .727 93 95
Total MWL 220 605 191 24 9 37 130 137 117 9 6 124 9 2 .316 .430 .569 .999 146 141
Total NWL 48 172 43 11 2 1 28 28 35 8 3 38 4 1 .250 .394 .355 .749 106 112
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
2019 El Paso - MWL 21 3 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .083 .154 .083 .237 -39 -47 -0.6
2020 Roswell - TL 22 9 29 7 2 1 0 4 4 4 0 0 7 0 0 .241 .333 .379 .713 60 59 -0.3
2025 El Paso - MWL 27 3 10 2 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 .200 .333 .300 .633 51 15 -0.3
Total TL 9 29 7 2 1 0 4 4 4 0 0 7 0 0 .241 .333 .379 .713 60 59
Total MWL 6 22 3 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 .136 .240 .182 .422 4 -17
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
2019 El Paso - A LF 52 52 111 6 1 119 2 .983 469.1 2.24 -1.8 .983
2019 Yakima - S A RF 14 14 31 0 0 31 0 1.000 128.0 2.18 -0.9 1.000
2020 Roswell - AA LF 25 20 45 2 0 47 0 1.000 187.1 2.26 +0.9 1.020
2020 El Paso - A LF 4 3 6 0 0 6 0 1.000 28.2 1.88 -0.1 .996
2020 Roswell - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2020 Roswell - AA RF 62 59 137 4 0 145 4 .972 524.1 2.42 +0.2 1.006
2020 El Paso - A RF 28 26 43 2 0 45 0 1.000 235.2 1.72 -0.7 1.004
2021 Flagstaff - A LF 63 63 111 2 0 117 4 .966 549.0 1.85 -2.1 .997
2021 Yakima - S A LF 26 26 48 1 1 49 0 1.000 233.1 1.89 +0.3 .996
2021 Yakima - S A CF 7 7 18 0 0 19 1 .947 63.0 2.57 -1.1 .905
2021 Yakima - S A RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 +0.0 .991
2022 El Paso - A 3B 8 8 0 6 1 9 3 .667 71.0 0.76 -2.0 .665
2022 Flagstaff - A LF 14 14 25 1 0 27 1 .963 119.0 1.97 +3.2 1.259
2022 El Paso - A CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2022 Flagstaff - A RF 49 49 90 1 0 92 1 .989 448.0 1.83 +3.5 1.078
2022 El Paso - A RF 3 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 18.0 2.00 -0.3 .989
2023 Roswell - AA LF 3 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 26.0 1.38 -1.0 .976
2023 El Paso - A LF 6 0 6 1 0 7 0 1.000 9.1 6.75 +0.7 1.189
2023 Roswell - AA CF 16 14 39 2 0 44 3 .932 129.2 2.85 -2.8 .930
2023 El Paso - A CF 9 0 7 1 0 8 0 1.000 19.2 3.66 +0.1 1.027
2023 Roswell - AA RF 52 51 126 7 1 133 0 1.000 457.2 2.62 +3.7 1.028
2023 El Paso - A RF 6 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 6.2 5.40 +0.1 1.006
2024 Mexicali - AAA 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 Mexicali - AAA LF 70 63 116 3 0 120 1 .992 581.0 1.84 +4.9 1.077
2024 Mexicali - AAA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2024 Mexicali - AAA RF 44 43 83 0 0 83 0 1.000 382.2 1.95 +1.0 1.011
2025 El Paso - A 1B 9 3 30 2 3 32 0 1.000 45.0 6.40 -0.1 .919
2025 El Paso - A 2B 8 7 15 17 2 34 2 .941 64.0 4.50 -0.2 .862
2025 El Paso - A 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2025 El Paso - A LF 21 7 24 1 1 25 0 1.000 94.1 2.39 +1.1 1.067
2025 El Paso - A CF 30 30 62 8 0 75 5 .933 260.0 2.42 -3.9 .917
2025 El Paso - A RF 11 8 11 2 0 13 0 1.000 73.0 1.60 +0.2 1.038
2026 Roswell - AA 1B 44 44 295 38 23 336 3 .991 367.0 8.17 +0.7 1.004
2026 Roswell - AA CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
2026 Roswell - AA RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
TOTAL 1B 53 47 325 40 26 368 3 .992 412.0 7.97 +0.6 .992
TOTAL 2B 8 7 15 17 2 34 2 .941 64.0 4.50 -0.2 .862
TOTAL 3B 8 8 0 6 1 9 3 .667 71.0 0.76 -2.0 .665
TOTAL LF 284 251 496 17 3 521 8 .985 2297.1 2.01 +6.2 1.029
TOTAL CF 63 51 126 11 0 146 9 .938 473.1 2.60 -7.7 .925
TOTAL RF 271 254 530 16 1 551 5 .991 2284.0 2.15 +7.0 1.023
PLAYER HISTORY
06/16/2024 Was selected to the 2024 Pacific Coast League All-Star Game.
07/05/2024 Hits three home runs against the Omaha Rangers, going 3-5 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored!
07/08/2024 Wins the PCL Player of the Week Award.
07/24/2024 Injured (strained back),day-to-day for 5 days.
10/13/2024 Wins the 2024 PCL Platinum Stick Award at LF.
01/01/2025 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 50; Power: 50; Eye: 45.
04/10/2025 Injured (knee tendinitis),day-to-day for 3 weeks.
06/24/2025 Hits for the CYCLE, going 4-5 against the Terre Haute Dirtbags, with 1 RBI and 2 runs scored.
08/04/2025 Wins the MWL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/2026 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 45; Power: 50; Eye: 45.
05/22/2026 Injured (strained rib cage muscle),day-to-day for 4 days.
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