Detroit Tigers left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez spent his entire 2012 season for Low-A Delmarva, an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. He was 19 years old at the time and three seasons away from making his MLB debut.
That year, Miguel Cabrera — a fellow Venezuelan — made history in the big leagues.
He won the first Triple Crown since Carl Yastrzemski for the Boston Red Sox in 1967. Cabrera, now 39, led the American League with a .330 batting average, 44 home runs and 139 RBIs.
"Who didn't watch that?" Rodriguez said, 10 years later.