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Ronny Rodríguez

Age: 32

Birth Date: 1992 Apr 17

Birthplace: Santiago, Dominican Republic

Height: 6' 0"

Weight: 180 lb.

B/T: Right/Right

Season	G Games	PA Plate Appearances	WARP Wins Above Replacement Player	DRC+ Deserved Runs Created plus - Measures batter contributions, not just results. 100 is average. Higher is better, lower is worse.	SD± DRC+ Standard Deviation - Our measure of uncertainty surrounding a player’s DRC+	DRAA Deserved Runs Above Average - DRC+ converted to runs	BRR Base Running Runs - Measures the number of runs contributed by a player's advancement on the bases -- opportunity and park adjusted	DRP Deserved Runs Prevented - Total summary of all fielding contributions
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2020-11-02 : SS Ronny Rodriguez elected free agency.
2020-09-14 : Milwaukee Brewers designated SS Ronny Rodriguez for assignment.
2019-12-09 : Milwaukee Brewers claimed Ronny Rodriguez off waivers from Detroit Tigers.
2019-08-11 : Detroit Tigers recalled SS Ronny Rodriguez from Toledo Mud Hens.
2019-04-14 : Detroit Tigers recalled Ronny Rodriguez from Toledo Mud Hens.
2018-07-05 : Detroit Tigers recalled Ronny Rodriguez from Toledo Mud Hens.
2018-06-13 : Detroit Tigers recalled Ronny Rodriguez from Toledo Mud Hens.
2018-05-31 : Detroit Tigers selected the contract of Ronny Rodriguez from Toledo Mud Hens.
2017-12-21 : Detroit Tigers signed free agent 2B Ronny Rodriguez to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
2017-11-06 : 2B Ronny Rodriguez elected free agency.
2017-01-20 : Cleveland Indians invited non-roster 2B Ronny Rodriguez to spring training.
2016-03-04 : 3B Ronny Rodriguez assigned to Cleveland Indians.
2015-11-14 : Estrellas de Oriente traded Juan Diaz and 2B Ronny Rodriguez to Aguilas Cibaenas.
2015-03-13 : IF Ronny Rodriguez assigned to Cleveland Indians.
2014-03-09 : SS Ronny Rodriguez assigned to Cleveland Indians.
2013-02-24 : IF Ronny Rodriguez assigned to Cleveland Indians.
2010-10-05 : Cleveland Indians signed free agent SS Ronny Rodriguez to a minor league contract.

Date On When the player was placed on IL or injured	Date Off When the player was activated from IL or returned	Transaction Action taken by team	Days Total days missed by player	Games Approximate team games missed by player	Side The side of the body where the injury occurred	Body Part The part of the body where the injury occured	Injury A description of the injury
2018-07-26	2018-07-29	DTD	3	-	Right	Groin	Soreness
2017-06-13	2017-06-17	Minors	4	-	Right	Abdomen	Strain
2015-04-09	2015-06-09	Minors	61	-	Left	Wrist	Sprain

2022. Signed by Wei Chuan Dragons of Taiwan 1/19/22.
2021. Nippon Ham Fighters of Japan.
1 year (2020). Re-signed by Milwaukee 3/20. DFA by Milwaukee 9/14/20. Sent outright to Alternate Training Site 9/16/20.
1 year (2019). Re-signed by Detroit 3/19. Claimed by Milwaukee off waivers from Detroit 12/9/19.
1 year (2018). Signed by Detroit as a free agent 12/18/17 (minor-league contract). Contract selected by Detroit 5/31/18.
Signed by Cleveland as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic 10/5/10.

Year Contract Year	Age Seasonal Age	Team Signing Team	Salary Salary or other detail	Service Time Accured service time
2018	26	DET	0	0.105
2019	27	DET	0	1.078
2020	28	MIL	0	-
Total			$0	1.078

Year	Comments	Buy now
2020	Rodríguez's game aspires to be that of a Quad-A cult favorite. His big personality fits in the game; his swing-and-miss penchant doesn't. (Or, given the recent trends, maybe it does?) He will always have a spot on a team due to his joie de vivre and his infield versatility, coupled with the fact that pitchers often throw fastballs and Rodríguez has a way of turning some of those fastballs into home runs. With his not-so-secret passion of being a musician, it would be nice to see El Felino have a complete season of 25-30 home runs then write music about how he once did that. You'd do the same thing.	Buy it now
2019	After 800 games as a minor leaguer followed by minor-league free agency, the toolsy Rodriguez finally reached the bigs, at which point his peculiar bat wielding — holding the bat vertical for a while, then parallel completely above his head — resulted in the Batting Stance Guy treatment. A midseason slump resulted in hitting coach Lloyd McClendon cleaning up the approach and ditching the idiosyncrasies, not unlike Wilson in Cast Away. He's an average hitter with double-digit-homer potential and can play anywhere, including shortstop, so he'll likely have a major-league job for now. But if things ever turn south, he can fall back on his winter gig: musician. As "El Felino," his YouTube record page has over 19,000 subscribers, with one song reaching 300,000 views, which is more than he'll ever get for his now-mundane but solid stance.
2015	Ronny Rodriguez had his second straight year of backsliding after a breakout 2012; he's playing the corner infield spots a lot more these days, another hit to his stock.
2014	Rodriguez burst onto the scene with 19 homers in High-A during his second professional season, then took his lumps in Double-A last year, as many evaluators predicted. The Dominican infielder first signed with the Cubs in 2008, but that contract was voided when he attended high school in Boston, which forced him to wait until 2010 to join the Tribe. By that point, Rodriguez was behind on the development curve, and three years later the chinks in his armor came to light. There is four-tool potential here, though Rodriguez needs to shore up his plate approach for his power to play and improve his footwork to utilize his 70-grade arm at shortstop. Doing one of those in a repeat stint at Akron would revive his prospect stock; doing both could make Rodriguez a quality regular.
2013	Nice power for his size and age, but there isn’t much else to Rodriguez's offensive game. Thankfully, the power alone may be enough to carry him offensively, when matched with the defense value of his great arm. There is still debate about whether he profiles as an eventual shortstop or second baseman, though obviously sticking at the former would give him a lot more leeway at the dish. His overly aggressive approach stunts his potential for batting average, especially since right-handers eat him alive. Lefties, meanwhile, don’t stand a chance against him. This is becoming a running theme with the team’s prospects: He is still far off, leaving a lot unanswered at this early point. Cleaning up his approach against righties should be his first order of business, though.
2012	The numbers aren't there for Ronny Rodriguez, but several quality tools are, and that's what's important for such a young player at a premium position.

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