Héctor Rodríguez #43

Signed by the Mets as an international free agent on Jan. 15, 2021...Was signed by Moises de la Mota and Oliver Dominguez.

2025

Began the season with AA-Chattanooga where he batted .298 with 12 home runs and 58 RBI in 82 games...was named Southern League Player of the Week twice (4/27 and 6/22)...also was a SL All-Star...Produced 17 hits in a seven-game sweep at Rocket City from 6/17-6/22, leading the Lookouts to the Southern League First Half North Division title...Was promoted to AAA-Louisville on 7/18...at the time of his promotion, ranked among all Southern League leaders in average (.298, 2nd), slugging (.481, 2nd), hits (93, 2nd), HR (12, 5th), RBI (45, 7th) and doubles (15, T9th)...Was named Reds' Minor League Player of the Month for April...Collected his first Triple-A home run on 7/26 vs Iowa...Hit safely in 36 of his 52 games with Louisville.

2024

Led all Reds farmhands in hits, triples and total bases (213) while also ranking among leaders in runs (T3rd), extra-base hits (43, T3rd), doubles (T5th), RBI (sixth), batting average (eighth), slugging percentage (ninth) and home runs (T9th)...Led the Midwest League in hits and total bases while also ranking among league leaders in triples (seven, T1st), extra-base hits (43, second), doubles (24, T6th), batting average (.274, seventh), runs (65, T8th) and RBI (61, ninth)...Rated by both MLB Pipeline (No. 12) and Baseball America (No. 17) as one of the Reds best in-season prospects...On 7/23 vs. Fort Wayne capped off the first multi-homer game of his professional career with a grand slam in the sixth inning, finishing with a career-best six RBI...Became the first Dragon to hit a grand slam as part of a multi-HR game since Brian Rey on 7/27/19 at Fort Wayne...Following the regular season played for Escogido in the Dominican Winter League, where he was named the league's Rookie of the Year for the 2024-25 season.