Dashenko Adriano Ricardo (born March 1, 1990) is a Dutch-Curaçaoan professional baseball catcher for Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse.
In 2009, Ricardo played for the rookie ball Bluefield Orioles and the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds, hitting .234/.266/.304 between the two teams.
[1] The San Francisco Giants selected Ricardo in the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft after the 2010 season.
[4] He bounced around the Dodgers system, appearing in 26 games for Class-A Great Lakes, 9 for AA Chattanooga and 2 for AAA Albuquerque.
"[5] Ricardo's retirement was short lived as he signed with the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball on November 2, 2016.
On December 18, 2018, Ricardo signed with the Sioux Falls Canaries of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
On July 20, 2020, Ricardo joined the Curaçao Neptunus of the Honkbal Hoofdklasse for the 2020 after the Frontier League season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.