David Rodriguez joined the Rays organization as a 17-year-old catcher out of Venezuela and spend the next five seasons floundering through the minors. The Rays profiled him as a power hitter with a strong arm behind the plate, and over the years he hasn’t put both together to merit a call-up to the majors.
To his credit, Rodriguez has mashed in winter ball, registering a 1.247 OPS in Australia in 2016 and a 1.060 OPS in Venezuela this past year. But in his highest level of affiliated baseball for double-A Montgomery in 2019, he hit for only a .