Adrian Cardenas is a minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 infielder for the Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 organization.

Cardenas was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies

Philadelphia Phillies

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 in the first round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft

2006 Major League Baseball Draft

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. Cardenas won the 2006 Baseball America High School Player of the Year Award

Baseball America High School Player of the Year Award

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, and played in the 2007 All-Star Futures Game

All-Star Futures Game

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In July 2008, the Phillies traded Cardenas, Josh Outman

Josh Outman

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 and Matthew Spencer to the Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 in exchange for Joe Blanton

Joe Blanton

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. Cardenas was a non-roster invitee to the Oakland Athletics

Oakland Athletics

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 spring training camp in 2009. To start the 2010 season, Cardenas is ranked ninth in Oakland's farm system according to Baseball America

Baseball America

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 and again will at big-league camp as a non-roster invitee.

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