Endy Rodríguez

Endy Steven Rodríguez (born May 26, 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Endy Rodríguez
Rodríguez with the Indianapolis Indians in 2023
Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 25
Catcher
Born: (2000-05-26) May 26, 2000
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Bats: Switch
Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 17, 2023, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Batting average.220
Home runs3
Runs batted in13
Teams

Career

New York Mets

Rodríguez signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent in July 2018. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Mets. In 2019, he played for the Dominican Summer League Mets and Gulf Coast Mets. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Pittsburgh Pirates

On January 19, 2021, Rodríguez was traded from the Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates in a three-team trade between the Pirates, Mets and San Diego Padres; the Mets received Joey Lucchesi from San Diego, while the Padres acquired Joe Musgrove and the Pirates acquired Hudson Head, David Bednar, Drake Fellows, and Omar Cruz.[2] He started his Pirates career playing for the Bradenton Marauders and began 2022 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers.[3][4][5] On November 15, 2022, the Pirates added Rodríguez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[6]

Rodríguez was optioned to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians to begin the 2023 season.[7] In 67 games for Indianapolis, he batted .268/.356/.415 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI.[8] The Pirates promoted him to the major leagues for the first time on July 17, and he made his debut that day.[9]

References
  1. "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  2. "Padres acquire Pirates' Musgrove in 3-team deal". January 18, 2021.
  3. "Endy Rodriguez Shows off Skills Behind the Plate".
  4. "Pirates' next generation of catchers will be led by 3 recent arrivals: Henry Davis, Carter Bins and Endy Rodriguez".
  5. "'Über-athletic' Endy is now Swiss-army knife". MLB.com.
  6. "Pirates Add Endy Rodriguez, Mike Burrows, Colin Selby, and Jared Triolo to 40-Man Roster". piratesprospects.com. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  7. "Pirates' Endy Rodriguez: Optioned to Triple-A". cbssports.com. March 14, 2023. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  8. "Pirates' Endy Rodriguez: Will receive bulk of catcher starts". cbssports.com. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
  9. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38026260/endy-rodriguez-quinn-priester-set-pirates-debuts
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