Rick Asadoorian

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Eric A. "Rick" Asadoorian (born July 23, 1980 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is a pitcher in Minor League Baseball.

A graduate of Northbridge High School in Northbridge, Massachusetts, Asadoorian was a first-team High School All-American as an outfielder in 1999 and he was selected in the first round of the 1999 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox signed him to a $1.725 million signing bonus, the second-largest bonus given to a drafted player in Red Sox history at that point.

The Sox sent him to the Gulf Coast Red Sox in 2000 and then to the Class-A Augusta GreenJackets in 2001. He was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals on December 12, 2001 (along with two other minor leaguers) for Dustin Hermanson.

The Cards sent him to the Peoria Chiefs in Class-A for the 2002 season, where he hit .265 in 137 games.

Asadoorian began the 2003 season with the Palm Beach Cardinals but was then traded on May 27 to the Texas Rangers for pitcher Esteban Yan and cash. He split the rest of the season between the Clinton Lumber Kings and Stockton Ports.

In 2004, he played for the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders and Triple-A Oklahoma Redhawks.

In 2005, he was picked by the Cincinnati Reds in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 Draft and spent the season splitting between Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts and Triple-A Louisville Bats. He made his first appearance as a pitcher with Chattanooga, starting one game and lasting four innings, allowing seven earned runs.

In 2006, he played in 99 more games as an outfielder, hitting .267 and pitched in three games.

For the 2007 season, he was converted to a pitcher full time. Appearing in 12 games for High A Sarasota Reds with a 1.29 ERA in 14 innings and in 37 games for Chattanooga, managing a 3.59 ERA in 52.2 innings pitched.

He was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers in December, 2007 and assigned to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns for the 2008 season. He was 4-4 with the Suns with a 6.75 ERA before being released on June 4.