Endy Steven Rodríguez (born May 26, 2000) is a Dominican professional baseball catcher for the

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of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.

Career

New York Mets

Rodríguez signed with the New York Mets as an international free agent in July 2018. He made his professional debut that year with the Dominican Summer League Mets. In 2019, he played for the Dominican Summer League Mets and Gulf Coast Mets. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the

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season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pittsburgh Pirates

On January 19, 2021, Rodríguez was traded from the Mets to the

in a three-team trade between the Pirates, Mets and San Diego Padres; the Mets received

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from San Diego, while the Padres acquired Joe Musgrove and the Pirates acquired

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, David Bednar,

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, and

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. He started his Pirates career playing for the Bradenton Marauders and began 2022 with the Greensboro Grasshoppers. On November 15, 2022, the Pirates added Rodríguez to their

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to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. Rodríguez was optioned to the Triple-A

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to begin the 2023 season. In 67 games for Indianapolis, he batted .268/.356/.415 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI. The Pirates promoted him to the major leagues for the first time on July 17, and he made his debut that day.https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/38026260/endy-rodriguez-quinn-priester-set-pirates-debuts

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodríguez, Endy 2000 births Living people Baseball players from Santiago de los Caballeros Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Major League Baseball catchers Pittsburgh Pirates players Gulf Coast Mets players Dominican Summer League Mets players Bradenton Marauders players Greensboro Grasshoppers players Altoona Curve players Indianapolis Indians players Estrellas Orientales players