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Who is Santos Rodriguez?
Written by Rue on December 3, 2008 – 7:27 pmQuestion of the day: Who is Santos Rodriguez?
Santos Rodriguez is a 6’5″, 180 pound left-handed bean pole of a pitcher who will turn 21 in January. In 2008, he played in the Gulf Coast League where he had a 2.79 ERA in 29 innings pitched. He had 45 strikeouts, 13 walks, and led the team with 5 saves. He has an above-average pitching speed and consistently succeeded in his attempts to pitch around hitters.
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He appeared in 14 games, none of which he started, and went 1-2. Hitters had 12 runs (9 earned), 16 hits, and zero homeruns. What is the big deal about any of this? Well, Rodriguez’s stats aren’t nearly as impressive in the 2007 season. He had a 6.67 ERA in ’07 in 28.1 innings. He had 35 strikeouts but 21 walks with 29 hits, 25 runs, and 21 earned runs. Rodriguez is a big part of this deal because of his potential and significant improvement in the past year, not because of his current numbers. With his youth, high pitch velocities, and obvious improvement, Santos Rodriguez has what it takes to become a very dangerous LHP.
Rodriguez was traded to the White Sox yesterday in the deal that brought Vazquez to Atlanta. It will be interesting to see how Santos develops over the upcoming years. He has potential, but a lot of growing to do.
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