| Dereck Rodríguez | ||||||||||||||
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 Rodríguez in June 2018 | ||||||||||||||
| San Francisco Giants – No. 57 | ||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | ||||||||||||||
| Born: June 5, 1992 Arlington, Texas | ||||||||||||||
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| MLB debut | ||||||||||||||
| May 29, 2018, for the San Francisco Giants | ||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through April 28, 2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 9–7 | |||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.13 | |||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 114 | |||||||||||||
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Iván Dereck Rodríguez (born June 5, 1992), nicknamed D-Rod, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2018. He is the son of Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez and is affectionately known to fans as Son of Pudge.
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Career[edit]
Minor league baseball[edit]
The Minnesota Twins selected Rodríguez in the sixth round of the 2011 MLB draft as an outfielder. After he batted .216 with six home runs in 352 at bats at the Rookie-level in Minor League Baseball over his first three professional seasons, the Twins converted him into a pitcher in 2014.[1][2] He was 2-2 with a 1.05 ERA in 17 relief appearances for the Elizabethton Twins. In 2015, Rodríguez had a 6–3 win–loss record and a 2.85 ERA with 61 strikeouts in 12 games started for Elizabethton, and was named the league's Pitcher of the Year. He also played in three games for the Cedar Rapids Kernels and Fort Myers Miracle. The next season, he pitched for Cedar Rapids, where he had a 4–11 win–loss record and a 5.08 ERA, and for Fort Myers where he pitched to a 1–2 record with a 2.56 ERA. During the 2016–17 offseason, he pitched for the Indios de Mayagüez of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, and then pitched for the Criollos de Caguas in the 2017 Caribbean Series.[1] He was named to the Puerto Rican national baseball team's roster for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.[3] In 2017, he pitched for both Fort Myers and the Chattanooga Lookouts where he compiled a combined 10-6 record and 3.27 ERA in 26 games (24 starts) between both teams.[4]
Rodríguez signed a minor league contract with the San Francisco Giants organization for the 2018 season.[5] He began the season with the Sacramento River Cats of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League.[6] Rodriguez had a 4–1 win–loss record and a 3.40 ERA before the Giants promoted him to the major leagues on May 28.[7]
San Francisco Giants[edit]
Rodríguez made his major league debut in relief of Jeff Samardzija on May 29 against the Colorado Rockies.[8] He also hit an RBI double. On August 16, Rodríguez was placed 10-day disabled list(DL) with a Grade 1 right hamstring strain. The injury was apparently sustained when Rodríguez stepped into the physical altercation between Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig and Giants catcher Nick Hundley.[9]
Personal life[edit]
Rodríguez was born in Arlington, Texas to Maribel Rivera and Baseball Hall of Famer Iván Rodríguez. He has three siblings. He grew up in Texas and at age 10 moved to Florida where he later on attended Monsignor Edward Pace High School in Opa-locka, Florida.[1] Rodríguez likes to cook and mostly cooks the Puerto Rican food he grew up with. He also likes videogames, including Fortnite. Rodríguez is engaged to Ashley Negrón, who he met in 2015 at a basketball game in Puerto Rico. They plan to marry in November 2019.[10]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Sanchez, Jesse (May 24, 2018). "Twins' Dereck Rodriguez has a Hall of Fame dad". MLB.com. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ Gigly, Chris (September 30, 2015). "Dereck Rodriguez: A Symbol of Change for Converted Pitchers". The Hardball Times. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ "Eleven Minnesota Twins on World Baseball Classic rosters". StarTribune.com. February 9, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ "Dereck Rodriguez Stats, Highlights, Bio - MiLB.com Stats - The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ Schulman, Henry (February 21, 2018). "Giants give Ivan Rodriguez's son a chance to write his own chapter". SFGate. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
- ^ Brown, Nathan (May 8, 2018). "Rodriguez catching on with River Cats". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ Shea, John (May 28, 2018). "Giants calling up Dereck Rodriguez, son of Hall of Famer Ivan 'Pudge' Rodriguez". SFGate. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
- ^ Haft, Chris (May 29, 2018). "Pudge's son shows hitting roots in MLB debut". MLB.com. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ Baer, Jake (August 17, 2018). "Giants Rookie of the Year candidate hits DL after injuring hamstring during Yasiel Puig brawl". Yahoo sports. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "Get to Know DRod". mlblogs.com. August 4, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Dereck Rodríguez on Instagram