{"id":32373,"date":"2022-07-26T20:39:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T00:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=32373"},"modified":"2022-07-27T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T13:31:16","slug":"rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Andy Rodriguez, a right-handed-pitcher on the Miami Dade College baseball team this past season, signed a free agent minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 23-year-old, who <\/span>defected from the Cuban National Team<\/span><\/a><\/span> in June of 2021, will report to the Arizona Instructional League in October and train as a starting pitcher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This past season at MDC, he converted from the bullpen to the starting rotation. Rodriguez, who was the Southern Conference Pitcher of The Year, had a 10-3 record, striking out 121 batters and posting a 2.45 ERA.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite the impressive season, he went undrafted in the 20-round Major League Baseball Draft held last week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was worried [after the draft] but when [the Rangers] called me, my mood completely changed,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cThey gave me the opportunity to return to the baseball field and play with them. That is the most beautiful thing that could have happened.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andy Rodriguez, a right-handed-pitcher on the Miami Dade College baseball team this past season, signed a free agent minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. The 23-year-old, who defected from the Cuban National Team in June of 2021, will report to the Arizona Instructional League in October and train as a starting pitcher.\u00a0 This past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13482588,"featured_media":32150,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2749,2802],"tags":[3326],"class_list":{"0":"post-32373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-kendall-campus","8":"category-baseball","9":"tag-texas-rangers"},"yoast_head":"\nRodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Andy Rodriguez, a right-handed-pitcher on the Miami Dade College baseball team this past season, signed a free agent minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Andy Rodriguez, a right-handed-pitcher on the Miami Dade College baseball team this past season, signed a free agent minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-07-27T00:39:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-07-27T13:31:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"795\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Scarlling Manzanarez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Scarlling Manzanarez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Scarlling Manzanarez\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a209d70fa37dac3df9bdeb543a34ba3\"},\"headline\":\"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-27T00:39:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-27T13:31:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":157,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Texas Rangers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Kendall Campus\",\"Baseball\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-27T00:39:37+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-07-27T13:31:16+00:00\",\"description\":\"Andy Rodriguez, a right-handed-pitcher on the Miami Dade College baseball team this past season, signed a free agent minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":795,\"caption\":\"PHOTO OF ANDY RODRIGUEZ TAKEN BY DANNA QUINTERO\\\/THE REPORTER\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a209d70fa37dac3df9bdeb543a34ba3\",\"name\":\"Scarlling Manzanarez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/Scarlling-Manzanarez-hs-125x125.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/Scarlling-Manzanarez-hs-125x125.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/06\\\/Scarlling-Manzanarez-hs-125x125.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Scarlling Manzanarez\"},\"description\":\"Scarlling Manzanarez, 21, is a mass communication\\\/journalism major at North Campus. Manzanarez, who graduated from Las Brisas Baptist High School in Nicaragua in 2018, will serve as the sports editor for The Reporter\u00a0during the 2022-2023 school year. She is a baseball fan and aspires to write about sports wherever she goes.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/scarlling-manzanarez\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers","description":"Andy Rodriguez, a right-handed-pitcher on the Miami Dade College baseball team this past season, signed a free agent minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers","og_description":"Andy Rodriguez, a right-handed-pitcher on the Miami Dade College baseball team this past season, signed a free agent minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2022-07-27T00:39:37+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-07-27T13:31:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":795,"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Scarlling Manzanarez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Scarlling Manzanarez","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/"},"author":{"name":"Scarlling Manzanarez","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5a209d70fa37dac3df9bdeb543a34ba3"},"headline":"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers","datePublished":"2022-07-27T00:39:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-27T13:31:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/"},"wordCount":157,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg","keywords":["Texas Rangers"],"articleSection":["Kendall Campus","Baseball"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/","name":"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg","datePublished":"2022-07-27T00:39:37+00:00","dateModified":"2022-07-27T13:31:16+00:00","description":"Andy Rodriguez, a right-handed-pitcher on the Miami Dade College baseball team this past season, signed a free agent minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Andy-Rodriguez2_web.jpg","width":1200,"height":795,"caption":"PHOTO OF ANDY RODRIGUEZ TAKEN BY DANNA QUINTERO\/THE REPORTER"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/rodriguez-signs-minor-league-contract-with-the-texas-rangers\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rodriguez Signs Minor League Contract With The Texas Rangers"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/5a209d70fa37dac3df9bdeb543a34ba3","name":"Scarlling Manzanarez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Scarlling-Manzanarez-hs-125x125.jpg","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Scarlling-Manzanarez-hs-125x125.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Scarlling-Manzanarez-hs-125x125.jpg","caption":"Scarlling Manzanarez"},"description":"Scarlling Manzanarez, 21, is a mass communication\/journalism major at North Campus. Manzanarez, who graduated from Las Brisas Baptist High School in Nicaragua in 2018, will serve as the sports editor for The Reporter\u00a0during the 2022-2023 school year. She is a baseball fan and aspires to write about sports wherever she goes.","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/scarlling-manzanarez\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"PHOTO OF ANDY RODRIGUEZ TAKEN BY DANNA QUINTERO\/THE REPORTER","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13482588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32373"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32386,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32373\/revisions\/32386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}