Vic Rodriguez (baseball)
{ he again became a free agent, signing with the Minnesota Twins during the offseason. He spent all of 1988 and 1989 with their Triple-A team, the Portland Beavers, before finally getting another chance in the majors. Called up in July to fill in for the injured Wally Backman, Rodriguez again posted impressive batting numbers, going 5-for-11 with 2 doubles for a .455 batting average and .636 slugging average. However, he was sent back to the minors in early August.
Minor leagues
That proved to be the end of Rodriguez's major league career. He remained in the Twins system for two more seasons, continuing to play for the Beavers. In 1992, he moved on to the Philadelphia Phillies, playing two seasons for the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons. In 1994, he played for the Edmonton Trappers in the Florida Marlins' system, then finished his career playing for the Boston Red Sox' top farm club, the Pawtucket Red Sox, in 1995.
After his playing career ended in 1995 with the Pawtucket Red Sox, Rodriguez remained in the Red Sox organization as a minor league coach and instructor for 17 seasons, including seven years (2002; 2007–2012) as roving minor league hitting coordinator and four (2003–2006) as Latin American field coordinator of instruction.
Major league coach
On November 30, 2012, the Red Sox appointed Rodriguez as their assistant to the hitting coach.[1] Following manager John Farrell's dismissal on October 11, 2017, Farrell's coaches were told they were free to seek employment elsewhere.
Four weeks later, Rodriguez succeeded Matt Quatraro as the Indians' assistant hitting coach.[2]
References
- ^ http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121130&content_id=40479562&vkey=news_bos&c_id=bos
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Further reading
- Abraham, Peter (March 18, 2017). "The art of throwing batting practice — and how it helps the Red Sox". The Boston Globe.
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