Eladio Rodriguez
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Eladio Rodriguez (born April 4, 1979) is a baseball player from the Dominican Republic. He was the starting catcher for the Modi’in Miracle in the Israel Baseball League. The former Boston Red Sox minor leaguer was the league 2007 batting champion (.461), and had 16 home runs in 102 at bats. He was announced co-winner of the Hank Greenberg Most Valuable Player Award of the inaugural IBL season. After that league-leading season, he was signed by the New York Yankees.[1]
On April 28, 2008, Rodriguez was assigned to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees, the AAA (baseball affiliate of the New York Yankees.[2]
Before playing in Israel, he played in the Dominican Republic.