Eduardo "Eddie" Rodríguez (born March 11, 1959) is a Cuban former Minor League Baseball player and current

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coach for the

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(MLB).

Playing career

Rodríguez was drafted as a

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by the

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in 1978 out of

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and spent five seasons in the minors for the Orioles and

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Managerial career

He then became a coach, scout and manager in the Angels minor league system from 1983-1993 before joining the

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organization as a minor league field coordinator, a post he held on and off from 1994-2000. He also served as third base coach for the Blue Jays in 1998. After a stint as third base coach for the US Olympics team in 2000 he served as a coach with the

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, and

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. He was the manager of the

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AA team, the

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, in 2007 and before joining the Mariners for the 2008 season. Rodríguez managed

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in the

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. Rodríguez joined the

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coaching staff for the 2016 season.

References

External links

Retrosheet

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