Salomón Eduardo Manríquez Rojas (born September 15, 1982) is a

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former

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player and current professional

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in the Texas Rangers organization. He played for the Expos, Nationals, Rangers, Mets, and Dodgers.

Playing career

He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the

Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos () were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in the National League (baseball), National League ...

in 1999 and played in the Expos/Nationals farm system through 2006, with his highest level being a couple of stints with the AA

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in 2004 and 2006. He then played for the

Frisco RoughRiders The Frisco RoughRiders (often shortened to 'Riders) are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A (baseball), Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers. Based in Frisco, Texas, the team is named aft ...

in the Texas Rangers system in 2007 and the

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in the

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system in 2008. Unable to land with an affiliated team in 2009 he joined the

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of the

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, where he hit .311 and was named an Atlantic League All-Star. He began 2010 back in the Atlantic League, first with the

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and then the

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before returning to the Mets system to play for Binghamton. In 2011, he was promoted to the AAA

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. Manríquez was back in the independent leagues in 2012, playing for four teams:

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in the Atlantic League, the

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and

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in the

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and the Diablos Rojos del Mexico in the

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. He played for the

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in the

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. In 2013, he retired from baseball as a member of the

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Coaching career

Manriquez retired after the 2013 season and joined the Texas Rangers organization as a coach in 2014. In 2014 he was a coach for the

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, and in 2015-2018 he was a coach for the

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. In 2019, he returned to Spokane as the hitting coach.

Personal life

Manríquez grew up outside

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where his parents operated a business. He has a younger brother and sister. In elementary school, he met his wife, Lori, who he would marry in 2002. After retiring as a player, Manríquez befriended a U.S. Army recruiter while their sons were on the same swimming team. In 2020, at the age of 37, Manríquez enlisted in the

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with a military occupation specialty of 15U

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Repairer.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manriquez, Saloman 1982 births Living people Binghamton Mets players Brevard County Manatees players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Camden Riversharks players Diablos Rojos del México players Frisco RoughRiders players Gulf Coast Expos players Harrisburg Senators players Hispanic and Latino American military personnel Lancaster Barnstormers players Lincoln Saltdogs players Mexican League baseball catchers Minor league baseball coaches Newark Bears players Potomac Nationals players Savannah Sand Gnats players Sportspeople from Valencia United States Army soldiers Vermont Expos players Venezuelan baseball coaches Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Mexico Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States Wichita Wingnuts players York Revolution players 2013 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players from Valencia, Venezuela