Eddie Manuel Rosario, Jr. (born September 28, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball left fielder in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization.
He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, and Washington Nationals.
[1] Rosario made his MLB debut with the Twins in 2015, hitting a home run, on the first pitch of his first career at bat.
Rosario has represented Puerto Rico in the 2013, 2017, and 2023 editions of the World Baseball Classic, winning a silver medal in his first two appearances.
[9][10] Rosario played in 122 games for the Twins, sharing outfield duties with Torii Hunter, Aaron Hicks, and fellow prospect Byron Buxton.
Despite being called up a month into the season, Rosario led all of baseball in triples with 15, and was second in outfield assists with 16, just one behind Avisail García of the Chicago White Sox.
[12] After a slow start and the emergence of both Robbie Grossman and Max Kepler, Rosario saw his playing time dwindle ultimately leading to his demotion to Triple-A.
[13] He was brought back up towards the end of the season, and finished the year batting .269/.296/.421 with 10 home runs, and 32 RBI in 92 games played.
[20] He finished the season with the lowest fielding percentage among major league left fielders, at .967,[21] and batted .288 with 24 home runs, 77 RBI, and a career high 161 hits in 138 games.
[26] On July 30, 2021, Rosario was traded to the Atlanta Braves along with cash considerations in exchange for Pablo Sandoval.
[31] On October 17, Rosario recorded four hits, including a walk-off single, in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series that gave the Braves a 5–4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
[36][37] In Game 6, Rosario had two hits, including a three-run home run as the Braves won 4–2 and clinched their first National League pennant since 1999.
[39] On March 16, 2022, Rosario returned to the Braves on a two-year contract worth $18 million with a club option for the 2024 season.
[40] He began his season with miserable play, accumulating just 3 hits for a batting average of .068 - a slump later revealed to be a result of issues in his right eye.
[43][44] After making several rehab appearances in Triple-A Gwinnett and assembling a .273 batting average, he returned to the team on July 4.