Yerry Rodríguez

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Yerry Rodríguez
Rodríguez with the Round Rock Express in 2022
Texas Rangers – No. 57
Pitcher
Born: (1997-10-15) October 15, 1997 (age 26)
Santiago, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
October 5, 2022, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Win–loss record0–1
Earned run average7.36
Strikeouts16
Teams

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.

Career

Rodríguez signed with the

Class A South Atlantic League, going 7–3 with a 2.08 ERA and 85 strikeouts over 73+23 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.

Triple-A West.[8] With Round Rock he struggled to a 3–3 record with a 8.01 ERA and 37 strikeouts over 30+13 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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ a b "Yerry Rodriguez". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Sam Dykstra (June 9, 2017). "Three Minor Leaguers get PED suspensions". MiLB.com. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  4. FanGraphs.com
    . Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  5. ^ Duane Cross (February 17, 2020). "Farm system rankings: Pitchers, 30-21". MiLB.com. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Keith Law (February 28, 2020). "Keith Law's prospect rankings: Texas Rangers". The Athletic. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  7. ^ Kennedi Landry (April 30, 2021). "Where will Rangers' top prospects begin '21?". MLB.com. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  8. ^ "Trio of Top Texas Rangers Prospects Join Round Rock Express". MiLB.com. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  9. ^ Mayo, Jonathan (September 20, 2021). "Here's the final Prospect Team of the Week". MLB.com. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
  10. ^ Postins, Matthew (November 13, 2022). "Rangers 40-Man Roster Wraps: Yerry Rodriguez". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  11. ^ "Rangers' Yerry Rodriguez: Promoted Sunday". cbssports.com. August 14, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  12. ^ "Rangers' Yerry Rodriguez: Returns to minors". cbssports.com. August 16, 2022. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
  13. ^ "Rangers' Yerry Rodriguez: Rejoins major-league club". cbssports.com. October 3, 2022. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  14. ^ Morris, Adam J. (October 17, 2022). "2022 in review: Yerry Rodriguez". Lone Star Ball (SB Nation). Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  15. ^ "Rangers' Yerry Rodriguez: Sent out to Round Rock". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

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