Last January, the Blue Jays shocked the baseball world by signing Cuban right-hander Yariel Rodríguez to ... innings for the Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball — a performance ...

Rodriguez might open the season in the Blue Jays' bullpen following the addition of Max Scherzer, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet reports. Rodriguez will likely stay stretched out during spring ...

In this article, we’ll look at Yariel Rodríguez. Before signing with the Toronto Blue Jays during the 2023-24 off-season, Rodríguez had spent three seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball in ...

The signing of Scherzer will impact a couple of players, but right-hander Yariel Rodríguez will feel ... Outside of the World Baseball Classic in March of that year, Rodríguez mostly trained ...

Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins said Friday that Rodriguez will compete for the fifth spot in the rotation during spring training, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports. It makes sense for ...

The Blue Jays are keeping Yariel Rodríguez stretched out as a starter going into Spring Training, general manager Ross Atkins told reporters (link via Keegan Matheson of MLB.com).

According to Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins, right-handed pitcher Yariel ... in baseball last season and have brought in Jeff Hoffman and Yimi Garcia to help it. Rodriguez, 27 ...

Still, the idea remains appealing primarily due to two commonly held beliefs about Yariel ... his professional career, Rodríguez has been primarily used a reliever just once (2022 in Japan).