Manuel Rodriguez (minors14)

Manuel Octavio Rodriguez Rodriguez

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

• Born January 6, 1985

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Biographical information

Manuel Rodriguez hit .286/.333/.381 for Panama in the 2008 Americas Baseball Cup. He is the son of Manuel Rodriguez Sr., who is Panama's all-time amateur league home run leader through 2008. He was on the Panama World Baseball Classic roster in 2006.

He's played in the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays farm systems.

He began his professional career in 2002, playing in the Dominican Republic until 2003. In 2004, he played for the GCL Braves, hitting .251 in 179 at-bats. For the Danville Braves in 2005, he it .300 in 250 at-bats and for the Rome Braves in 2006, he hit .258 in 264 at-bats.

Rodriguez wound up in the Blue Jays farm system in 2007, playing for the Auburn Doubledays. He hit .291 with 10 home runs in 282 at-bats. In 2008, he hit .268 in 395 at-bats with the Lansing Lugnuts.