Rodriguez agreed to a minor-league contract with the Tigers on Friday, Evan Petzold of the Detroit Free Press reports.
Rodriguez signed with the Cardinals as a teenager in 2016 and spent the past six years in their minor-league system. He'll now join Detroit after he posted a .252/.387/.436 slash line at the Double-A level last season.
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Cardinals' Julio E. Rodriguez: Kicks off rehab assignment
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Rodriguez (undisclosed) began a rehab assignment Saturday with the Cardinals' rookie-level Florida Complex League affiliate, going 0-for-2 with a walk while catching three innings.
Rodriguez has been on the shelf at Double-A Springfield since May 11 with the unspecified injury. He'll likely need a few tune-up games in the FCL before Springfield activates him from the 7-day injured list.
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Cardinals' Julio Rodriguez: Reassigned to minor-league camp
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Rodriguez was reassigned to minor-league spring training Tuesday, Shannon Drayer of 710 ESPN Seattle reports.
The 22-year-old will likely rejoin Double-A Springfield, where he played 14 games to finish the 2019 season, hitting .222/.255/.311 with seven RBI across 47 plate appearances. Rodriguez had a great opportunity to learn from the major-league coaching staff to begin spring and will look to continue to climb the minor-league ladder this early in the year.
