Desmond
Cardoso
 
Nickname: Diamond
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: July 8, 2002 in Venezuela
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2025 22 SD HL    
2026 23 SD HL    
2027 24 MIL HL    
2028 25 MIL HL $ 300,000  
2029 26 MIL HL    
2030 27 MIL HL    
2031 28 MIL HL    
2032 29 MIL HL    
2033 30 MIL HL    
2034 31 MIL HL $ 300,000  
2035 32 MIL HL $ 300,000  
2036 33 MIL HL $ 300,000  
2037 34 MIL HL    
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000  
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2025 22 SD HL    
2026 23 SD HL    
2027 24 MIL HL    
2028 25 MIL HL $ 300,000  
2029 26 MIL HL    
2030 27 MIL HL    
2031 28 MIL HL    
2032 29 MIL HL    
2033 30 MIL HL    
2034 31 MIL HL $ 300,000  
2035 32 MIL HL $ 300,000  
2036 33 MIL HL $ 300,000  
2037 34 MIL HL    
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Pitcher of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2025 22 A   6 9 .400 54 0 0 0 29 62.0 69 24 5 29 43 3.48 .288 .364 .429 .793  
2026 23 AA   1 4 .200 20 0 0 0 12 19.0 26 18 4 16 8 8.53 .347 .462 .587 1.048  
    A   1 9 .100 33 0 0 0 18 38.0 44 23 4 20 34 5.45 .291 .374 .450 .825  
2027 24 AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 2 2.3 3 0 0 0 1 0.00 .300 .300 .300 .600  
    AA   1 1 .500 22 0 0 0 0 34.0 44 22 7 17 26 5.82 .314 .389 .479 .867  
    A   1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 2 4.3 0 0 0 1 3 0.00 .000 .071 .000 .071  
2028 25 MIL HL 1 1 .500 19 0 0 0 0 18.0 21 17 5 16 7 8.50 .292 .411 .556 .967 0.0
2030 27 AAA   0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .143 .143 .286 .429  
    AA   4 0 1.000 38 0 0 0 2 45.7 34 10 5 11 47 1.97 .205 .254 .307 .561  
2031 28 AAA   4 1 .800 46 0 0 0 1 58.0 66 28 7 25 53 4.34 .288 .358 .410 .769  
    AA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 1.3 8 6 1 2 2 40.60 .667 .714 1.000 1.714  
2032 29 AAA   10 4 .714 58 1 0 0 2 70.3 79 52 13 35 75 6.65 .277 .356 .488 .844  
2033 30 AAA   4 5 .444 55 0 0 0 1 85.7 99 42 12 19 87 4.41 .291 .329 .503 .832  
2034 31 MIL HL 4 3 .571 46 0 0 0 1 54.3 60 26 10 11 44 4.31 .287 .317 .493 .810 3.4
2035 32 MIL HL 4 1 .800 31 0 0 0 0 26.3 30 10 3 10 16 3.42 .291 .348 .437 .785 2.8
2036 33 MIL HL 2 0 1.000 27 0 0 0 2 30.0 23 12 8 6 25 3.60 .213 .254 .481 .736 3.5
2037 34 MIL HL 0 0 .000 9 0 0 0 0 10.3 13 8 3 2 11 6.97 .310 .341 .595 .936 0.0
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650  
5 Years Sim 11 5 .688 132 0 0 0 3 139.0 147 73 29 45 103 4.73 .275 .327 .496 .823 9.7
6 Years AAA 18 10 .643 164 1 0 0 6 219.3 249 122 32 80 216 5.01 .285 .345 .469 .813  
4 Years AA 6 5 .545 83 0 0 0 14 100.0 112 56 17 46 83 5.04 .285 .360 .443 .803  
3 Years A 8 18 .308 90 0 0 0 49 104.3 113 47 9 50 80 4.05 .280 .359 .423 .782  
13 Years Minors 32 33 .492 337 1 0 0 69 423.6 474 225 58 176 379 4.78 .283 .352 .452 .803  
Season Average 2 1 .667 26 0 0 0 0 27.8 29 14 5 9 20 4.73 .275 .327 .496 .823  
Career Highs 4 3 1.000 46 0 0 0 2 54.3 60 26 10 16 44 8.50 .310 .411 .595 .967  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   81 41 18 28 52   .298 .363 .544 .907
vs LH   66 32 11 17 51   .252 .297 .447 .744
Home 6 0 1.000 66 0 0 0 1 66.0 56 25 12 24 49 3.41 .230 .300 .432 .732
Away 5 5 .500 66 0 0 0 2 73.0 91 48 17 21 54 5.92 .313 .359 .550 .909
Mar/Apr 2 1 .667 25 0 0 0 0 30.7 39 11 3 12 30 3.23 .320 .381 .467 .848
May 2 3 .400 41 0 0 0 0 40.7 51 36 13 18 19 7.97 .307 .375 .608 .983
June 2 1 .667 28 0 0 0 1 27.7 19 9 4 8 25 2.93 .194 .255 .357 .612
July 1 0 1.000 11 0 0 0 0 15.0 14 3 1 1 10 1.80 .269 .283 .423 .706
August 3 0 1.000 13 0 0 0 1 14.0 16 8 6 4 10 5.15 .286 .333 .625 .958
Sep/Oct 1 0 1.000 14 0 0 0 1 11.0 8 6 2 2 9 4.91 .200 .238 .375 .613
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2026 23 AA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2028 25 MIL HL 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2030 27 AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
2031 28 AAA   7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2032 29 AAA   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
2034 31 MIL HL 47 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2035 32 MIL HL 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2036 33 MIL HL 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2037 34 MIL HL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
5 Years Sim 135 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.4 0.0
3 Years AAA 14 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
1 Years AA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
4 Years Minors 16 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8  
162 Game Average 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .091 .091 .091 .182 -0.5  
Career Highs 47 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
vs LH   4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2
Home 52 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Away 42 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
RISP   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Mar/Apr 8 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
May 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won In-Game Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2028 25 MIL HL P 19 0 18.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.50    
2034 31 MIL HL P 46 0 54.3 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.16    
2035 32 MIL HL P 31 0 26.3 2 7 1 0 .900 3.08    
2036 33 MIL HL P 27 0 30.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 0.90    
2037 34 MIL HL P 9 0 10.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.87    
Career Totals   132 0 139.0 6 17 1 2 .958 1.49    
Career Highs   46 0 54.3 2 7 1 1 1.000 3.08    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by San Diego in 2025
Traded from San Diego to Milwaukee on 7/31/2027 (Going to SD: SS Bryan Slye, P Mordechai Kaplan. Going to MIL: SS Joseph Drewes, Jr., P Aaron Cagle, P Desmond Cardoso)
Earned first career win on 6/18/2028
Injured on 6/8/2033 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Injured on 9/21/2036 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week