Salomón Eduardo Manríquez Rojas (born September 15, 1982) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player and current professional baseball coach in the Texas Rangers organization. He played for the Expos, Nationals, Rangers, Mets, and Dodgers.
Playing career
He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Expos in 1999 and played in the Expos/Nationals farm system through 2006, with his highest level being a couple of stints with the AA Harrisburg Senators in 2004 and 2006. He then played for the Frisco RoughRiders in the Texas Rangers system in 2007 and the Binghamton Mets in the New York Mets system in 2008.
Manriquez retired after the 2013 season and joined the Texas Rangers organization as a coach in 2014.[citation needed] In 2014 he was a coach for the Spokane Indians, and in 2015-2018 he was a coach for the AZL Rangers.[citation needed] In 2019, he returned to Spokane as the hitting coach.[3]
Personal life
Manríquez grew up outside Valencia, Venezuela where his parents operated a business. He has a younger brother and sister. In elementary school, he met his wife, Lori, who he would marry in 2002.[2]