Which country is 2026 MLB Deadline candidate Eduardo Rodriguez from?

Eduardo Rodríguez is from Venezuela.

Rodríguez was born in Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela, on April 7, 1993. He signed with the Baltimore Orioles as an international free agent in 2010 and received a $175,000 signing bonus. His professional beginnings came in the Dominican Summer League, a common route for young Latin American players entering organized baseball.

The Orioles traded Rodríguez to the Boston Red Sox on July 31, 2014, in the deal that sent left-handed reliever Andrew Miller to Baltimore. Rodríguez made his major-league debut for Boston in 2015 and became an important starter during the club’s 2018 championship season.

A possible source of confusion is another MLB pitcher named Eduardo Rodríguez: the older right-handed pitcher was born in Puerto Rico and played in the 1970s. This question refers to the Venezuelan left-hander, often nicknamed “E-Rod,” who later also pitched for Detroit and Arizona.