Pittsburgh — Before the game Wednesday afternoon, Eduardo Rodriguez was in front of his locker, doing some stretching, engaged in an animated and jovial conversation with Javier Báez and Jose Cisnero. He didn’t look like a man who had just made a potentially career-changing decision.
“I didn’t expect there to be any lingering stress or other issues with him,” manager AJ Hinch said. “He’s been upbeat as usual and ready to go.”
On the day after he exercised a no-trade clause in his contract and nixed a trade to the Dodgers, Rodriguez produced a quality start, allowing two runs in six innings in the Tigers’ 6-3 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.