471 hitter who still has modest pop left in his bat

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Many wondered if Rodriguez a future Hall of Famer would accept arbitration after a contentious offseason a year ago. Last offseason, Rodriguez struggled to find a suitor willing to take on his services. An excellent showing for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic in March netted him a one-year, $1.5 million deal with Houston. Rodriguez, despite coming off one of the worst seasons of his career, felt confident enough to reject the Rangers’ arbitration offer and venture onto the free agent market yet again. Washington promptly proved his confidence was not unfounded. Rodriguez will take over as the club’s primary backup and mentor to Jesus Flores. The signing of “Pudge” essentially ends the tenure of backup catcher Wil Nieves, who is arbitration-eligible for the first time.

Rodriguez figures to be the perfect mentor to Flores as he has played in 14 All-Star Games and won 13 Gold Gloves, the most by a catcher and tied for fourth most overall.In 1999, he was named the American League's Most Valuable Player. He also has more career runs, hits, and doubles than any other catcher in Major League history. Rodriguez’s reported $3 million salary figures to make him the fifth-highest paid player on the roster behind Adam Dunn, Christian Guzman, Ryan Zimmerman, and arbitration-eligible Josh Willingham. Washington will mark Rodriguez’s sixth different team, and fourth in two years. The two-year deal does, however, offer a sense of stability and reassurance that is hard to find for aging catchers. It is curious as to why the Nationals would give a two-year deal worth $3 million a year to an over-the-hill backup, when Nieves could have served purpose at a much cheaper cost. It could be perceived as a sign that general manager Mike Rizzo isn’t confident that Flores will be fully-recovered by Opening Day and the club wants to have a reliable Plan B in place.