José Manuel RodrÃÂguez (born July 28, 1982) is a Mexican former professional baseball second baseman and current coach for the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League, and Charros de Jalisco of the Mexican Pacific League, where he plays during the winter.
RodrÃÂguez began his career for the Chillicothe Paints of the Frontier League in 2004 and joined the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League in 2006. RodrÃÂguez played with the club every year through the 2015 season.
On April 16, 2008, RodrÃÂguez hit for the cycle in the Saraperos 22âÂÂ11 victory against Vaqueros Laguna. On November 6, 2015, RodrÃÂguez was traded to the Pericos de Puebla in exchange for Rolando Acosta. On February 21, 2017, RodrÃÂguez was traded to the Acereros de Monclova alongside Chad Gaudin, Daric Barton, Nyjer Morgan, Rodolfo Amador, and Willy Taveras in exchange for Joaquin Lara. On April 26, 2018, RodrÃÂguez was assigned to the Tigres de Quintana Roo. On April 3, 2019, RodrÃÂguez re-signed with the Tigres for the 2019 season. On May 7, 2019, RodrÃÂguez was loaned to the Saraperos de Saltillo. RodrÃÂguez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Mexican League season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
On November 30, 2023, the Saraperos released RodrÃÂguez as a player and added him to their coaching staff.
Rodriguez has played for the Mexico national baseball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
RodrÃÂguez was born in El Cubilete, Guasave Municipality, Sinaloa, and moved to the United States at a young age.