Yerry Rodríguez
Yerry Manuel Rodríguez (born October 15, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Yerry Rodríguez | |
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![]() Rodríguez with the Round Rock Express in 2022 | |
Texas Rangers – No. 57 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Santiago, Dominican Republic | October 15, 1997|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
MLB debut | |
October 5, 2022, for the Texas Rangers | |
MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Win–loss record | 0–1 |
Earned run average | 7.36 |
Strikeouts | 16 |
Teams | |
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Career
Rodríguez signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on September 2, 2015.[1] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, going 4–3 with a 2.66 ERA and 38 strikeouts over 50+2⁄3 innings.[2] He returned to the DSL in 2017, going 1–0 with a 0.00 ERA and 3 strikeouts over just 6 innings.[2] On June 9, 2017, Rodríguez was suspended 75 games after testing positive for Hydrochlorothiazide.[3] He split the 2018 season between the AZL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League and the Spokane Indians of the Class A Short Season Northwest League, going a combined 5–2 with a 2.86 ERA and 82 strikeouts over 63 innings.[4] Rodríguez spent the 2019 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the Class A South Atlantic League, going 7–3 with a 2.08 ERA and 85 strikeouts over 73+2⁄3 innings.[5] He suffered a right elbow UCL sprain in July 2019, which ended his season but did not require surgery.[6] Rodríguez did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Rangers added Rodríguez to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season.[1] He opened the 2021 season with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central.[7] After posting a 1–1 record with a 2.63 ERA and 63 strikeouts over 51+1⁄3 innings, he was promoted to the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A West.[8] With Round Rock he struggled to a 3–3 record with a 8.01 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 30+1⁄3 innings.[9] He spent the 2022 minor league season back with Round Rock, going 4–1 with a 4.27 ERA and 73 strikeouts over 59 innings.[10]
On August 14, 2022, Rodríguez was promoted to the major leagues for the first time.[11] He went unused out of the bullpen and was optioned back to Round Rock on August 16.[12] On October 3, Rodríguez was promoted back to the major leagues.[13] On October 5, Rodríguez made his major league debut, pitching a scoreless inning in relief against the New York Yankees.[14]
Rodríguez was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock to begin the 2023 season.[15]
References
- "Rangers select contracts of RHPs A.J. Alexy and Yerry Rodriguez, C David Garcia to Major League roster". MLB.com. November 20, 2020. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- "Yerry Rodriguez". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- Sam Dykstra (June 9, 2017). "Three Minor Leaguers get PED suspensions". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
- Eric Longenhagen and Kiley McDaniel (March 25, 2019). "Top 38 Prospects: Texas Rangers". FanGraphs.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- Duane Cross (February 17, 2020). "Farm system rankings: Pitchers, 30-21". MiLB.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- Keith Law (February 28, 2020). "Keith Law's prospect rankings: Texas Rangers". The Athletic. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
- Kennedi Landry (April 30, 2021). "Where will Rangers' top prospects begin '21?". MLB.com. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
- "Trio of Top Texas Rangers Prospects Join Round Rock Express". MiLB.com. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- Mayo, Jonathan (September 20, 2021). "Here's the final Prospect Team of the Week". MLB.com. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
- Postins, Matthew (November 13, 2022). "Rangers 40-Man Roster Wraps: Yerry Rodriguez". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- "Rangers' Yerry Rodriguez: Promoted Sunday". cbssports.com. August 14, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Rangers' Yerry Rodriguez: Returns to minors". cbssports.com. August 16, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
- "Rangers' Yerry Rodriguez: Rejoins major-league club". cbssports.com. October 3, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- Morris, Adam J. (October 17, 2022). "2022 in review: Yerry Rodriguez". Lone Star Ball (SB Nation). Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- "Rangers' Yerry Rodriguez: Sent out to Round Rock". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet