On July 12, 1991, James Rodriguez was born. He was born in the Colombian city of Cucuta. He is 29 years old at the time of writing. He was born in Colombia and maintains Colombian citizenship. He also has Spanish citizenship. Wilson James Rodriguez Bedoya and Maria Del Pilar Rubio were his parents. He started playing baseball when he was five years old. His first team was made up of older boys but soon after he began playing with a youth club in his town. He used to spend most of his free time playing ball or watching baseball games on television. At the age of 11, he was spotted by a scout from San Diego Padres who came to watch him play. Later on, he signed with the team as an international prospect. In 2014, he was chosen by Los Angeles Dodgers as their first-overall pick in the MLB draft. He debuted for the Colombia national baseball team in an exhibition game against Venezuela in October 2014. He scored a run and hit a double in this game which Colombia lost 1-4. He became only the second teenager after Alex Rodriguez to debut for the team before they took part in any major tournament (the first one being Erick Aybar in 1999). In 2015, he played for the Colombia national baseball team in the 2015 Pan American Games where they won the gold medal. He hit a homer and scored two runs in this game which Colombia won with a score of 10-5.