Yerry Rodríguez

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

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 $50 2/3$ 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 Class A Short Season 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 Class A South Atlantic League, going 7–3 with a 2.08 ERA and 85 strikeouts over $73 2/3$ 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.

The Rangers added Rodríguez to their 40-man roster after the 2020 season. 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 $51 1/3$ 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 $30 1/3$ 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 bullpen 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 $13 2⁄3$ 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.