Edwin Rodríguez Morales (born August 14, 1960) is a minor league manager for the

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of the

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. He is the former manager of the

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. He also played Major League Baseball briefly in the early 1980s as an infielder.

Playing career

Rodríguez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Yankees in . He played his first professional season with their Rookie league

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in 1980. He played three seasons for the

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and

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. His last season as a player was with the Triple-A affiliate of the Padres ( Las Vegas Stars) and Minnesota Twins (

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) in .

Post-playing career

The same year that his playing career was over (1989 in the Puerto Rican Winter League) he became a full-time scout for the Minnesota Twins. He scouted for the Twins from 1989 to 1996. While working as a Scout he earned his BBA (1993) at the

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with an Accounting degree. Rodríguez spent two seasons (2007–08) as the manager of the Class A

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in the

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. He had a 66–72 record with the Hoppers in 2008 and was 71–69 in 2007. He previously spent two seasons as manager of the

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affiliate from 2005–06 and served as hitting coach for the Double-A

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in 2004. Before joining the Marlins organization, he was manager of the Princeton Devil Rays of the Class A (Short-Season) Appalachian League from 2000–02, and was skipper for the

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of the

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in 1999. In 1997 he joined the

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as their hitting coach for the GCL Rookie club. Rodriguez was named the

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of the Triple-A New Orleans Zephyrs on December 30, 2008, becoming the 11th manager in the team's history. On June 23, 2010, Rodríguez became the interim manager for the

replacing

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and won his first game against the

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on the same day. On June 29, before a Marlins game in

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, Marlins owner

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announced that Rodríguez would remain as manager through the 2010 season. He resigned as manager on June 19, 2011. The team was 32–39 and in last place in the NL East when he resigned. On November 29, 2012, Rodríguez became the manager for the Double-A

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. During 2013. On January 27, 2017, Rodríguez became the manager for the Class A (Advanced)

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. Rodríguez currently serves as executive director of the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School in

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Post-playing career

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