Dominican baseball player (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
|---|---|
_(cropped).jpg) Rodríguez with the Indianapolis Indians in 2023 | |
| Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 5 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: 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 runs | 3 |
| Runs batted in | 13 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
Rodríguez signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent on July 2, 2018.[1] He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Mets. In 2019, he played for the DSL Mets and rookie-level Gulf Coast League Mets. Rodríguez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
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.[3] Rodríguez started his Pirates career playing for the Bradenton Marauders and was named the Low-A Southeast Most Valuable Player.[4] He began 2022 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers.[5][6][7] He was promoted to the Double-A Altoona Curve in August 2022,[8] and was promoted to the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians in September 2022.[9] Rodríguez was named the 2022 South Atlantic League Top MLB Prospect and Most Valuable Player.[10] On November 15, 2022, the Pirates added Rodríguez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[11]
Rodríguez was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis to begin the 2023 season.[12] In 67 games for Indianapolis, he batted .268/.356/.415 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI.[13] The Pirates promoted him to the major leagues for the first time on July 17, and he made his debut that day.[14]
On December 12, 2023, it was announced that Rodríguez would miss the entirety of the 2024 season following reconstructive surgery on his UCL and his flexor tendon, a procedure that was performed the same day. He suffered an injury while hitting on November 13, in winter ball.[15] In September 2024, he began playing rehab games with Double-A Altoona.[16]
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