Elvin Rodriguez #35

He and his wife, Abraiqui, have two sons named Elvin Jr. and Ivan...Enjoys traveling, cooking and spending time with his family.

2024

Went 1-1 with a 1.80 ERA and one save in 32 games (one start) with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball...Pitched in 17 games (five starts) with the team’s farm club in the Eastern League of NPB and went 1-0 with a 1.67 ERA and two saves...Signed as a free agent with Milwaukee on 1/17/25.

2023

Signed as a free agent with Tampa Bay on 1/11...Went 3-3 with a 3.40 ERA in 10 starts at Triple-A Durham...Held opponents to a .198 batting average with 48 strikeouts in 45.0 innings...Was on Durham’s injured list from 5/21-6/28 with an right ulnar nerve injury...Made his only appearance with the Rays on 7/7 vs. Atlanta and retired all 10 batters he faced in relief (3.1ip, 5k)…Was released by Tampa Bay on 7/10 and went to pitch in Japan...Went 1-5 with a 4.09 ERA in seven games (six starts) with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball.....also made one start with the team’s farm club in the Eastern League of NPB.

2022

Made his major league debut on April 10 vs. CHW…recorded his first career strikeout against Adam Engel in his debut…made seven appearances (five starts) over four stints with the Tigers…went 6-4 with a 4.98 ERA (99.1-IP, 55-ER) in 23 appearances (21 starts) for Triple-A Toledo…pitched to a 3.32 ERA (19-IP, 7-ER) in six starts for the Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League.

2021

Spent most of the 2021 season with Double-A Erie, making 18 starts... Did not allow a run in his first three starts of the season, throwing 14.1 scoreless innings with two hits allowed, four walks and 19 strikeouts...had back-to-back hitless outings May 12 vs. Akron (5.0 IP) and May 18 vs. Binghamton (5.1 IP)... Sidelined from Aug. 22-Sept. 13 with a concussion... Was promoted to Triple-A Toledo at the end of the season and made one appearance for the Mud Hens on October 1 vs. St. Paul, tossing 2.0 shutout innings with one hit allowed and three strikeouts... Pitched for Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League and had a 3.86 ERA (4.2IP/2ER) and six strikeouts in two appearances, including one start.