A Hundred With the Other Hand

The Fall

Eduardo Rodríguez was seven years old, climbing a truck with his brothers on a rainy day, when he slipped and broke his right arm so badly the bones came through the skin. He wore a cast for more than a year. A doctor told him he would never throw right-handed again.

Rodríguez is naturally right-handed. He learned to throw left-handed during the recovery, and that became his pitching arm.

The Climb

He signed with Baltimore in January 2010 for $175,000 as an international free agent. On July 31, 2014, the Orioles traded him to Boston for Andrew Miller. The Red Sox called him up in May 2015, and he won their Rookie of the Year. He was part of a World Series championship staff in 2018.

Six years in Boston. Two in Detroit. Now in his third season with Arizona, where manager Torey Lovullo highlighted the trust they'd built in their prior Red Sox relationship when the left-hander signed. Rodríguez had blocked a prior trade to the Dodgers, citing family proximity as a priority.

In 2020, after testing positive for COVID-19, Rodríguez developed myocarditis and missed the entire season. He could barely manage basic activities. His wife Catherine and their children — daughter Annie and son Ian — supported him through the recovery, and he later credited them for helping him return healthy the next year.

One Hundred

On June 17, 2026, Rodríguez recorded his 100th career win. He is 33, with 106 wins, a 4.04 ERA, and 1,403 strikeouts across 260 starts. He wears 57 for Johan Santana, the Venezuelan left-hander he grew up idolizing. This season, his eleventh, he made his first All-Star team.

Reporting: The Athletic, ESPN, Arizona Sports, Wikipedia. Career and biographical data: MLB StatsAPI, via the Fever engine.