César Rosado

César Ernesto Rosado Rosado

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 172 lb.

• Born June 22, 1996 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional D.R.

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Biographical Information

César Rosado pitched as high as AA and was on the Dominican national team.

He was signed by Houston Astros scouts Oz Ocampo and Roman Ocumarez in December 2014. He was 4-3 with a save and a 2.76 ERA for the 2015 DSL Astros Orange in his pro debut. In '16, he was with the DSL Astros Orange (0-1, 0.82 in 3 G) and the GCL Astros (3-3, 3.00 in 12 G). During 2017, he was with the Tri-City ValleyCats (1-0, 0 R in 10 IP) and Quad Cities River Bandits (3-2, 6.16 in 7 G).

In 2018, he was 5-4 with two saves and a 4.15 ERA for the River Bandits. He had a 3-7, 4.40 record and five saves for the 2019 Fayetteville Woodpeckers, striking out 61 in 47 innings. That winter, he allowed one run in a third of an inning for the Tigres del Licey. The 2020 minor league season was cancelled because of COVID-19. In the winter, he pitched 2/3 shutout innings for the Águilas Cibaeñas.

Rosado began 2021 on a rough note with the Corpus Christi Hooks (1-6, Sv, 7.04 in 16 G) before being let go. Signing with the independent Sussex County Miners, he was 0-1 with a 9.53 ERA in four games the remainder of the year. He was on the Dominican team in the 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games, allowing one run in 4 2/3 IP over five outings. He tied Sonny Vargas, Miguel Rosario, Wuilder Rodríguez and Eduardo Paredes for the event lead in appearances.

Back with the Dominicans for the 2023 Pan American Games, he retired all five batters he faced. He pitched 10 1/3 shutout innings with four saves for the 2023-2024 Vaqueros de Barranquilla, tying fellow Dominican Rosado Eury Rosado for 4th in the Colombian League in saves.