2024 10th Round Pick (#309): Christian Rodriguez - RHP - (Sr) Cal State Fullerton (CA)

[86this]

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Edited July 15 by 86this

[OsFanInOhio]

Better in the summer draft league than in school. Though only 39 innings. Maybe late breakout or figured something out there? He’s already 22 though, imagine this one saves a little money. 

[oriolediehard]

https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/news/PBR/ProCase-2019---A-Look-Back-at-RHP-Christian-Rodriguez-0587269314?r=%2Fwisconsin%2Fnews%3Fnews_pg%3D8%26fromdate%3D2020-05%26todate%3D2020-05

https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/profiles/CA/Christian-Rodriguez-1673524890-2497580163#tab2

https://www.prepbaseballreport.com/news/CA/SoCal-ProCase-Spotlight-RHP-Christian-Rodriguez-5980423761

 

[86this]

 

 

[Can_of_corn]

That's 82% of slot for a Senior.  They must think he's an actual prospect.

[RZNJ]

16 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

That's 82% of slot for a Senior.  They must think he's an actual prospect.

I would assume the same.  

[Jim'sKid26]

#Tusksup

[RZNJ]

Baseball America 

Christian Rodriguez, RHP, 10th Round

Standing 6-foot-6, 225 pounds, Rodriguez has a great frame, and we have a lot of Statcast data on him, as he participated in the MLB Draft League right before the draft where he struck out 16 batters in a complete game.

Let’s chart his pitch shapes from that game:

Perhaps understanding that this was a showcase for him, Christian amped up his fastball, going from a 91 mph in his June data to sitting 93 in his three July starts. If that’s his true fastball velocity, it puts him closer to being a viable pitching prospect, as the shape is pretty average. 

There appears to be some challenges for the pitch classification system, but he flashed a very firm changeup at 87 with great fade and depth. It definitely looks like a promising pitch against lefties. 

His slider and curveball also showed promising spin rates at 2600 and 2830 rpm, respectively. As a prospect, he’s a good ball of clay, given the frame, decent present velocity and ability to spin a breaking ball. I’m constantly amazed at just how large the talent pool of pitchers is. Here I am, writing up a pitcher drafted all the way in the 10th round who has both a huge starter’s frame and the potential to take a leap with the help of a quality major league pitch design program.