Aarom Baldiris

Aarom German Baldiris Pérez (born January 5, 1983) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball third baseman. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers, Orix Buffaloes, and Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and in the KBO League for the Samsung Lions. He batted and threw right-handed.

Career Minor league career Bardiris was originally drafted by the New York Mets out of high school at the age of seventeen. He started off at the Rookie-Class Venezuelan Summer League and played there until , and missed the entire season due to an injury. He was called up to Single-A Brooklyn in , then to Double-A Binghamton in . He played for the Texas Rangers organization in . He was acquired by the New York Yankees in and put on their 40-man roster in September 2007.

Career in Japan

Baldiris left the Yankees and signed to play in NPB in . There, the Hanshin Tigers selected him to be on the team's #1 roster. He struggled the first couple of weeks, but as the season went on, his batting average rose. On July 5, 2009 in a game against the Yakult Swallows, Baldiris hit his first NPB Home Run. It was a lead off home run off Masanori Ishikawa. He would later be chosen as one of the "Heroes" of that game along with the Tigers starting pitcher, Yasutomo Kubo. From 2010 to 2013 Baldris played for the Orix Buffaloes.

Samsung Lions In 2016, Baldiris played for the Samsung Lions of the KBO League.

Coaching career On June 2, 2024, Baldiris was added to the coaching staff of the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. He was removed from the staff on December 4.