Jose Antonio Rosado (born November 9, 1974) is a former

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who played for the

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from 1996 to 2000. He is currently the

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for the

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. He played and coached for the

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Playing career

He was drafted by the Royals in the 12th round of the 1994 amateur draft. He made his major league debut on June 12,1996, earning a loss against the California Angels. He came in fourth in

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Rookie of the Year voting despite having only made 16 starts. He also gave up

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's 3,000th career hit on September 16, 1996. Rosado was the winning pitcher in the 1997 MLB All-Star Game despite blowing a save by giving up a home run to

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. He would also play in the 1999 All Star Game, again as the lone representative of the Royals. Of trivial note, Rosado's two All-Star Games were also the first two Midsummer Classics to be broadcast on

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. Rosado's career was effectively ended in 2000. After five starts, he was diagnosed with shoulder tendinitis. After rehabilitation, Rosado had a separate surgery to repair a superior labral tear. He did not pitch in affiliated baseball again.

Coaching career

Rosado was named the Mets bullpen coach on December 4, 2023. Rosado previously coached in the

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minor league system from 2011 to 2020. He was the

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for

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in 2011, coaching alongside future Mets manager Carlos Mendoza. He coached the GCL Yankees until 2014 and was the pitching coach of the Double-A

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from 2015 to 2017 and the

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affiliate

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in 2018. He was the pitching coach for Team Puerto Rico in the

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in both

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and

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, helping the team to a second-place finish in both years.

Personal life

Rosado is of Puerto Rican descent.

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