Eddie Rosario

Eddie Manuel Rosario (born September 28, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball left fielder for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins. He represented Puerto Rico in the 2013 and 2017 editions of the World Baseball Classic, winning a silver medal in both.[1]

Eddie Rosario
Rosario with the Minnesota Twins in 2016
Cleveland Indians – No. 9
Left fielder
Born: (1991-09-28) September 28, 1991
Guayama, Puerto Rico
Bats: Left Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 6, 2015, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.277
Home runs119
Runs batted in388
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Puerto Rico
World Baseball Classic
2013 San Francisco Team
2017 Los Angeles Team

After the 2013 season, Rosario received a 50-game suspension for using a banned substance, which he served at the start of the 2014 season.[2] The Twins promoted Rosario to the major leagues on May 4, 2015.[3] Rosario made his major league debut on May 6, and he hit a home run in his first at-bat, on the first pitch, off of Scott Kazmir of the Oakland Athletics.[4][5]

Professional career

Minnesota Twins (2015-2020)
2015

Rosario made his major league debut on May 6, 2015. Leading off the bottom of the 3rd inning, Rosario swung at the first pitch he saw from Oakland Athletics starter Scott Kazmir, and hit an opposite-field home run, becoming the 115th[6] player in major league history to hit a home run in his first at-bat. Rosario played in 122 games for the Twins, sharing outfield duties with Torii Hunter, Aaron Hicks, and fellow prospect Byron Buxton. Despite being called up a month into the season, Rosario led all of baseball in triples with 15, and was second in outfield assists with 16, just one behind Avisail García of the Chicago White Sox. Rosario finished his rookie campaign with a .267 batting average and 13 home runs.[7]

2016

With the retirement of Torii Hunter and the Twins' trade of Aaron Hicks, Rosario entered 2016 as the Twins' projected everyday left fielder.[8] After a slow start and the emergence of both Robbie Grossman and Max Kepler, Rosario saw his playing time dwindle ultimately leading to his demotion to Triple-A.[9] He was brought back up towards the end of the season, and finished the year with a .269 batting average, 10 home runs, and 32 RBI in 92 games played.[10]

2017

In 2017, Rosario became the Twins’ everyday left fielder and emerged into one of the AL’s best hitters. On June 13 he had his first career 3 home run game[11] going 4-5 and driving in 5 runs. Later in the season he won his first Player of the Week[12][13] for the week of August 13, going .444/.484/1.000 with 4 home runs. He ranked in the top 25 for batting average, OPS, slugging, and doubles. In 151 games he batted .290 with 27 home runs and 78 RBI.

2018

On April 18, 2018, before a sold-out crowd at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in his homeland Puerto Rico, Rosario scored the winning run in the bottom of the 16th inning, coming around on Ryan LaMarre’s single that gave Minnesota a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians.[14] Rosario had a 3 home run game for the second time in his career on June 3 against the Cleveland Indians, going 3-5 driving in 4 runs[15] while hitting the game winning walk-off home run.[16] He finished the season with the lowest fielding percentage among major league left fielders, at .967,[17] and batted .288 with 24 home runs, 77 RBI, and a career high 161 hits in 138 games. Rosario was considered an All-Star "snub" in 2018.

2019

In 2019 he batted .276/.300/.500. He swung at the highest percentage of all pitches of all American League batters (59.1%).[18]

2020

In 57 games, he batted .257 with 13 home runs and led the team with 42 RBI. On December 1, 2020, Rosario was placed on outright waivers and cleared waivers the next day.[19] On December 2, Rosario was nontendered by the Twins.

Cleveland Indians

On February 4, 2021, Rosario was signed to a one-year, $8 million contract with the Cleveland Indians.[20]

International career

World Baseball Classic (Puerto Rico)

Eddie Rosario played for Puerto Rico in their silver medal run of the 2013 World Baseball Classic and their silver medal run of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He played right field defensively and batted 7th in the lineup.[21]

Personal life

His parents are Eddie Sr. and Maria.[22] He is married to Milany, with whom he has three children: Mileiddy, Raydieliz, and Lucas.[23]

See also

References
  1. Mayo, Jonathan. "Classic puts top prospects on global stage". MLB.com. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  2. "Twins prospect Rosario banned for 50 games by MLB". Star Tribune. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  3. "Twins summon top prospect Eddie Rosario to majors". Star Tribune. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
  4. Rosario homers on first ML pitch. MLB.com. May 6, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  5. Kenney, Kirk (May 19, 2015). "Rosario makes good first impression". U-T San Diego. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  6. "Major League Baseball Players Who Homered in Their First At-Bat". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
  7. "Eddie Rosario Statistics and History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  8. "Minnesota Twins Depth Chart". Twins Baseball. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  9. "Twins send Rosario to Triple-A Rochester". MLB.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  10. "Eddie Rosario Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
  11. Mike Berardino (June 14, 2017). "Puerto Rico's Eddie Rosario joins special group on three-homer list". Pioneer Press.
  12. "American League Player of the Week". MLB.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  13. "Rosario parlays hot stretch to AL POW honors". MLB.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  14. Twins walk off in 16 innings vs. Indians in Puerto Rico game https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2018/04/19/lamarres-single-lifts-twins-over-indians-2-1-in-16-innings/33973435/
  15. "Eddie Rosario 2018 Game Logs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  16. "Twins walk off on Rosario's 3rd HR of day". MLB.com. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  17. Major League Leaderboards » 2018 » Left Fielders » Fielding Statistics | FanGraphs Baseball
  18. "Major League Leaderboards » 2019 » Batters » Plate Discipline Statistics | FanGraphs Baseball". Fangraphs.com. January 1, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  19. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/12/twins-place-eddie-rosario-on-outright-waivers.html
  20. "Indians confirm signing of OF Eddie Rosario". Indians.com. February 4, 2021.
  21. Thornburg, Chad (February 8, 2017). "Young stars join Beltran, Yadi for Puerto Rico". MLB.com. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  22. Neal III, La Velle E. (April 30, 2014). "Twins prospect Rosario has nothing to do but wait". Star Tribune. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  23. "Twins reinstate rookie Rosario from paternity list". ESPN.com. Associated Press. June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
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