Chad Patrick Cordero (born March 18, 1982 in Upland,
California) is currently a right-handed relief
pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Washington
Nationals. He broke into the big league ranks with
the Montréal Expos.
At age 18, Cordero was drafted by the San Diego
Padres in the 26th round of the 2000 draft, but he
chose to enroll at Cal State Fullerton, where he was
a standount reliever. With an ERA of under 1.83 he
made the 1st team All-America Freshman team and was
selected to the Big West All-Conference team, the
latter of which he repeated in each of his next two
years. In 2003 he was the Fullerton Regional MVP
(College World Series), and then was drafted by the
Expos in the 1st round (20th overall).
