One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Rodriguez's sinker moves 100.4 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
95 thrown, averaging 94.4 mph.
He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Rodriguez puts 42.9% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 50.3% of his pitches to left-handers.
245 pitches to right-handed hitters, 171 to left-handed hitters.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Rodriguez's 4-seam fastball carries 17.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
215 thrown, averaging 94.7 mph.
When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Rodriguez throws a fastball 86.3% of the time, against 66.4% when he is ahead.
124 pitches behind in the count, 125 ahead.
He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Rodriguez averages 91.5 mph across his arsenal, 85th percentile in the league.
416 pitches in 2021. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 124th in MLB.
One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .387 expected average against them, against .313 on his fastballs.
92 of his breaking balls thrown.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Rodriguez's sinker leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 86.3 off his curveball.
95 and 90 of them thrown.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
14.0 mph separates Rodriguez's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 94.7 against 80.7.
215 and 90 of them respectively.
When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 90.5 mph off the bat against Rodriguez, 17th percentile.
416 pitches in 2021. 17th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 668th in MLB.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Rodriguez works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 51.7% of everything he throws.
416 classified pitches in 2021.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Rodriguez releases the ball 6.9 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
416 tracked pitches in 2021.
He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Rodriguez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.29 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
416 located pitches in 2021.
He lives on one side of the plate
Rodriguez works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.1 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
416 located pitches in 2021.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Rodriguez goes to the 4-seam fastball: 55% of his two-strike pitches, against 50.5% the rest of the time.
109 two-strike pitches in 2021.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Rodriguez's 4-seam fastball averages 94.7 mph, and has touched 98.0.
215 thrown, 51.7% of his pitches.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.1% of Rodriguez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
71 of 416 located pitches.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Rodriguez throws a strike on the first pitch 63.1% of the time.
111 plate appearances started in 2021.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Rodriguez releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 54 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
416 tracked release points, averaging 6.4 feet off the ground.
His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Rodriguez's stuff spins at 2,304 rpm, 64th percentile in the league.
416 pitches in 2021. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 291st in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Rodriguez projects a .343 average, 34th percentile.
416 pitches in 2021. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 529th in MLB.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Rodriguez's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,362 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
215 thrown in 2021.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.1% of the contact Rodriguez gives up is hit hard, 37th percentile.
416 pitches in 2021. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 509th in MLB.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Rodriguez has thrown 12 changeups this season, 2.9% of his pitches, at 90.5 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
416 classified pitches in 2021.
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One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's
Rodriguez's sinker moves 100.4 inches toward the first-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.
95 thrown, averaging 94.4 mph.
One pitch of his moves in a way hitters rarely see
Rodriguez's 4-seam fastball carries 17.2 inches of ride against a spinless ball, the biggest vertical move in his arsenal.
215 thrown, averaging 94.7 mph.
The numbers behind these live in Matchups.
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He pitches differently depending on which hand is up
Rodriguez puts 42.9% of his pitches to right-handers in the zone and 50.3% of his pitches to left-handers.
245 pitches to right-handed hitters, 171 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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When he falls behind, hitters know exactly what is coming
Behind in the count Rodriguez throws a fastball 86.3% of the time, against 66.4% when he is ahead.
124 pitches behind in the count, 125 ahead.
This is the pitch he goes to when he needs the out
With two strikes Rodriguez goes to the 4-seam fastball: 55% of his two-strike pitches, against 50.5% the rest of the time.
109 two-strike pitches in 2021.
He gets ahead early and pitches from in front all night
Rodriguez throws a strike on the first pitch 63.1% of the time.
111 plate appearances started in 2021.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He throws about as hard as anybody in the league
Rodriguez averages 91.5 mph across his arsenal, 85th percentile in the league.
416 pitches in 2021. 85th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 124th in MLB.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .387 expected average against them, against .313 on his fastballs.
92 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Rodriguez's sinker leaves the bat at 91.3 mph, against 86.3 off his curveball.
95 and 90 of them thrown.
The gap between his pitches is what makes them work
14.0 mph separates Rodriguez's 4-seam fastball from his curveball, 94.7 against 80.7.
215 and 90 of them respectively.
His pitches move in ways that fit together
Rodriguez works with 3 pitches: 4-Seam Fastball, Sinker and Curveball. The 4-seam fastball is 51.7% of everything he throws.
416 classified pitches in 2021.
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on
Rodriguez's 4-seam fastball averages 94.7 mph, and has touched 98.0.
215 thrown, 51.7% of his pitches.
One pitch of his spins more than almost anyone's
Rodriguez's 4-seam fastball spins at 2,362 rpm, the highest in his arsenal.
215 thrown in 2021.
One pitch exists only to make the hitter think
Rodriguez has thrown 12 changeups this season, 2.9% of his pitches, at 90.5 mph: a look rather than a weapon.
416 classified pitches in 2021.
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When hitters connect off him, they hit it hard
Hitters average 90.5 mph off the bat against Rodriguez, 17th percentile.
416 pitches in 2021. 17th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 668th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Rodriguez projects a .343 average, 34th percentile.
416 pitches in 2021. 34th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 529th in MLB.
Too much of the contact against him is loud
41.1% of the contact Rodriguez gives up is hit hard, 37th percentile.
416 pitches in 2021. 37th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 509th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early
Rodriguez releases the ball 6.9 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.
416 tracked pitches in 2021.
The angle he throws from is unusual, and hitters notice
Rodriguez releases the ball from a three-quarters slot, about 54 degrees above horizontal and 1.3 feet to the third-base side of the rubber.
416 tracked release points, averaging 6.4 feet off the ground.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He works one part of the zone far more than the rest
Rodriguez lives at the bottom of the zone: his average pitch crosses at 2.29 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.
416 located pitches in 2021.
He lives on one side of the plate
Rodriguez works in on right-handers: his average pitch lands 2.1 inches to that side of the middle of the plate.
416 located pitches in 2021.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle
17.1% of Rodriguez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.
71 of 416 located pitches.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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His ball moves more than the hitter expects it to
Rodriguez's stuff spins at 2,304 rpm, 64th percentile in the league.
416 pitches in 2021. 64th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2021, 291st in MLB.
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Career team 2018–2021