Where's EdRod?

[OFFNY]

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EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ O (vs. AA-Akron, 7/02) *

IP:. 5

H:o 7

R:O 5

BB: 2

SO: 5

Pitches: 90 (57 Strikes, 33 Balls)

2013 ERA: 9.00 (AA-Bowie)

* Rodriguez' Career AA Debut

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PITCHES BY INNING

31 (20 Strikes, 11 Balls)

12 (81 Strikes, 41 Balls)

20 (11 Strikes, 91 Balls)

81 (62 Strikes, 21 Balls)

19 (12 Strikes, 71 Balls)

[Frobby]

Learning experience.

[OFFNY]

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EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ O (vs. AA-Harrisburg, 7/07)

IP:. 6 *

H:o 2

R:O 1

BB: 3

SO: 7

Pitches: 94 (56 Strikes, 38 Balls)

2013 ERA: 4.91 (AA-Bowie)

* This was a 7-inning game, so Rodriguez went the distance by pitching 6 innings.

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PITCHES BY INNING

14 (10 Strikes, 4 Balls)

15 (81 strikes, 7 Balls)

22 (14 Strikes, 8 Balls)

20 (11 Strikes, 9 Balls)

11 (81 strikes, 3 Balls)

12 (51 Strikes, 7 Balls)

[OFFNY]

A learning experience.

My bad on being late with his last outing, Frank.

[Frobby]

Rodriguez pitched a scoreless inning in the Futures Game yesterday, allowing one hit and striking out one batter. Did anyone watch?

[eb45]

I did. Threw a filthy slider for the strikeout. Eight pitches total, at least three he missed badly up and arm-side. Might have been too amped up. Apart from those he was solid. Wish I'd seen more. Otherwise he looked decent. KLaw said he liked him a lot and saw his AA debut -- thinks he's a mid-rotation guy, 3 or (more likely) 4. Looked to have filled his frame quite a bit from what I remember when he first broke in.

[McLovin]

I saw him. He was a solid 93 on fastballs. Looked solid, but wasn't blown away. He certainly made quick work of the USA lineup, so there wasn't much to go on outside of the results.

[OFFNY]

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In Rodriguez 5th and final inning, there were runners on 2nd and 3rd base with one out. Rodriguez intentionally walked the next batter to load the bases. He went to a full count on the next batter, and after 2 additional foul tips, he struck him out.

Rodriguez went 3-0 on the next batter before throwing 2 strikes, then the batter fouled off 2 more pitches, then Rodriguez struck him out looking.

He got himself into a huge jam, but also managed to get himself out of it.

EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ O (vs. AA-Richmond, 7/18)

IP:. 5

H:o 4

R:O 3

BB: 5 *

SO: 7

Pitches: 106 (57 Strikes, 49 Balls) ** 102 (57 Strikes, 45 Balls)

2013 ERA: 5.06 (AA-Bowie)

* 1 of the Walks was Intentional

** Minus the Intentional Walk

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PITCHES BY INNING

24 (12 Strikes, 12 Balls)

11 (71 Strikes, 41 Balls)

18 (12 Strikes, 61 Balls)

16 (81 Strikes, 81 Balls)

37 (18 Strikes, 19 Balls)

[OFFNY]

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Rodriguez walked the first batter of the game on 4 pitches.

He threw 3 shutout innings, then gave up 2 runs in the 4th.

He had 2 more shutout innings in the 5th and 6th before departing.

EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ O (vs. AA-Akron, 7/23)

IP:. 6

H:o 3

R:O 2

BB: 2 *

SO: 3

Pitches: 93 (60 Strikes, 33 Balls)

2013 ERA: 4.50 (AA-Bowie)

* Rodriguez also had 1 hit batsman.

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PITCHES BY INNING

14 (81 Strikes, 6 Balls)

14 (10 Strikes, 4 Balls)

19 (12 Strikes, 7 Balls)

21 (14 Strikes, 7 Balls)

12 (81 Strikes, 4 Balls)

13 (81 Strikes, 5 Balls)

[Frobby]

Tony was at the game tonight. I'm hoping he'll post a scouting report eventually.

[weams]

He collected his first AA win. Pitched very well.

[Roll Tide]

He collected his first AA win. Pitched very well.

How far is he away from the majors?

[Frobby]

How far is he away from the majors?

Bowie is what, 25 miles from Baltimore?

More seriously, this is a 20-year old kid who has pitched four games at AA. He doesn't throw in the upper 90's. For me, he's someone you might hope to see some time after the all-star break next year, or maybe in 2015. He'll spend the rest of this season at Bowie and should get about 7 more starts before their season ends. Then the O's can judge whether to return him to AA next April or start him at Norfolk, depending how he fares the rest of this year. I don't favor rushing this kid, who already is very young for the level he's at.

[waroriole]

How far is he away from the majors?

I wouldn't count on him being in BAL until 2015. It's possible he comes up some time next year, but we/he will be better served if he's not called into action next year, unless he really is beating on the door.

[Tony-OH]

Tony was at the game tonight. I'm hoping he'll post a scouting report eventually.

I will get something out on him today. He looked pretty good overall. Very polished for a 20-year old kid.