The slugger Nellie Rodriguez, has had a wonderful season after his first 29 games in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) together at the Magallanes Navigators, being one of the most productive hitters in the entire league.
Since dominating the homers with his 11 full-round hits in 97 official runs at batting, his 27.9 RBIs representing eighth in the league, his .1099 OPS as the eighth over, adorned with 37 RBIs for second place in the league. said department.
Nellie, born in New York and of Dominican descent, is in her first year at LVBP, which, through her high productivity, clearly poses the question of, Why didn’t you work in the Dominican League as a native of there?
Since being drafted from Lidom by the Leones del Escogido in 2014, the first baseman has seen intermittent opportunities in the league. From just 15 games played in his first campaign in 2016-17, another 10 games in 2018-19 and 13 in his last chance in the Dominican League in 2019-20 to date.
The Dominican-born American hasn’t operated in organized baseball since 2019 when he did so in Double-A with the Cleveland Indians (Guardians), although in 2021, in addition to LVBP, he made a brief stint in the summer ball of the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) and the Atlantic League.
From ElFildeo we spoke with José Gómez Frías, general manager of Leones del Escogido to find out about Rodríguez’s status in the squad, who told us that he arrived at Magallanes thanks to a loan, which the player requested after having seen the little use he had received. in the scarlet team.
Nellie Rodríguez #Magallanes 12 has arrived. pic.twitter.com/hi5IinJU3a
– Roger Rojas (@rogerrojasveliz) December 7, 2021
In the immediate future, the El Escogido Lions see 1B covered by veteran Aderlin Rodríguez, for whom they have no plans today to integrate Nellie into their squad, who also see Venezuela as a great opportunity to the player to develop, although if they leave the door open in the future when needed, according to Gómez.
Nellie Rodríguez, 27, currently remains in the native reserve group of 80 players under the command of the Leones del Escogido in the Dominican Winter League.
