Yerry Manuel Rodríguez (born October 15, 1997) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Texas Rangers.

Career

Texas Rangers

Rodríguez signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on September 2, 2015. He made his professional debut in 2016 with the DSL Rangers of the Rookie-level Dominican Summer League, going 4–3 with a 2.66 ERA and 38 strikeouts over innings. He returned to the DSL in 2017, going 1–0 with a 0.00 ERA and 3 strikeouts over just 6 innings. On June 9, 2017, Rodríguez was suspended 75 games after testing positive for Hydrochlorothiazide. He split the 2018 season between the AZL Rangers of the Rookie-level Arizona League and the Spokane Indians of the Low–A Northwest League, going a combined 5–2 with a 2.86 ERA and 82 strikeouts over 63 innings. Rodríguez spent the 2019 season with the Hickory Crawdads of the Single–A South Atlantic League, going 7–3 with a 2.08 ERA and 85 strikeouts over innings. He suffered a right elbow UCL sprain in July 2019, which ended his season but did not require surgery. Rodríguez did not play in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Minor League Baseball season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. On November 20, 2020, the Rangers added Rodríguez to their

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to protect him from the Rule 5 draft. He opened the 2021 season with the Frisco RoughRiders of the Double-A Central. After posting a 1–1 record with a 2.63 ERA and 63 strikeouts over innings, he was promoted to the Round Rock Express of the Triple-A West. With Round Rock he struggled to a 3–3 record with a 8.01 ERA and 37 strikeouts over innings. He spent the 2022 minor league season back with Round Rock, going 4–1 with a 4.27 ERA and 73 strikeouts over 59 innings. On August 14, 2022, Rodríguez was promoted to the major leagues for the first time. He went unused out of the

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and was optioned back to Round Rock on August 16. On October 3, Rodríguez was promoted back to the major leagues. On October 5, Rodríguez made his major league debut, pitching a scoreless inning in relief against the New York Yankees. Rodríguez was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock to begin the 2023 season. In 13 games for Texas, he struggled to a 7.90 ERA with 15 strikeouts across innings pitched. Rodríguez made 12 appearances for the Rangers in 2024, compiling a 6.88 ERA with 12 strikeouts across 17 innings of work. He was designated for assignment by the Rangers on June 26, 2024.

Toronto Blue Jays

On June 30, 2024, Rodríguez was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Josh Mollerus. In 4 games for Toronto, he struggled to a 15.43 ERA with 5 strikeouts over innings pitched. Rodríguez was designated for assignment by the Blue Jays on September 12. He cleared waivers and was sent outright to the Triple–A Buffalo Bisons on September 15.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rodríguez, Yerry 1997 births Living people Arizona League Rangers players Baseball players from Santiago de los Caballeros Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Dominican Summer League Rangers players Frisco RoughRiders players Hickory Crawdads players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Round Rock Express players Spokane Indians players Texas Rangers players Toronto Blue Jays players

Career

Texas Rangers

Toronto Blue Jays

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