| Eladio Rodriguez | |||||||||||||||
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| Catcher /Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: (1979-04-04)April 4, 1979 (age 46) Mao, Dominican Republic | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
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Eladio Y. Rodriguez (born April 4, 1979) is a Dominican professionalbaseball player. Rodriguez formerly went under the aliases of Iván Rodríguez and Carlos Aleman.[1]
Rodriguez was signed as an undraftedfree agent by theBoston Red Sox in 1998.[2]
In 2001, he batted .356 for theGulf Coast League Red Sox, and .307 for theLowell Spinners of theNew York–Penn League (NYPL).[3] In 2003, he batted .223 for the A+Sarasota Red Sox of theFlorida State League, splitting his time between the outfield and catcher.[3] Used as an outfielder and a catcher in the past, Rodriguez was converted to a pitcher in 2004, and struck out 41 batters in 41 innings in the NYPL andFlorida State League.[3]
Rodriguez was the most valuable player for the Dominican team in the Central American Games and of the CaribbeanCartagena de Indias in 2006.[4]
Rodriguez was the startingcatcher for theModi’in Miracle in theIsrael Baseball League in 2007. He was the 2007 league batting champion (.461), and had 16 home runs in 102 at bats. He was announced co-winner of theHank GreenbergMost Valuable Player Award of theinaugural IBL season, as well as the winner of the Best Defensive Catcher Award.[5]
After that league-leading season, he was signed by theNew York Yankees.[6]
On April 28, 2008, Rodriguez was assigned to theScranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, theTriple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.[7] In 2008, he caught and batted .333 for the AAA team, but also played for the Yankee AA and A+ teams.[3] In 2010 he played for theKansas City T-Bones of theNorthern League.[3]
Eladio now runs a youth Baseball organization called New York Sluggers based in The Bronx, New York.
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