Anderson Tejeda

BIOGRAPHY

Anderson Tejeda was born May 1, 1998, in Baní, Dominican Republic. He is a shortstop in the MLB.

Tejeda signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on September 8, 2014, for a $100,000 signing bonus. Tejeda made his professional debut in 2015 with the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, hitting .312/.393/.522/.915 with 4 home runs and 40 RBI in 55 games. Tejeda split the 2016 season between the DSL Rangers, AZL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League, and the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League, hitting a combined .283/.326/.520/.846 with 10 home runs and 47 RBI. Tejeda spent the 2017 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, hitting .247/.309/.411/.720 with 8 home runs and 53 RBI in 115 games. Tejeda spent the 2018 season with the Down East Wood Ducks of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League, hitting .259/.331/.439/.770 with 19 home runs and 74 RBI in 121 games. Tejeda was named a mid-season and post-season Carolina League all-star in 2018. Tejeda was ranked as the #83 overall prospect in baseball by Baseball Prospectus in their preseason 2019 Top 101 list.

Tejeda was added to the Rangers 40–man roster following the 2019 season. He made his major league debut on August 6, 2020, against the Oakland Athletics, recording three RBI. In 23 games for Texas in 2020, he hit .253/.273/.453/.726 with 3 home runs and 8 RBI.