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Manuel Rodriguez

Rays
Number #39
Position RP
Bats R
Throws R
Age 30
Height 5' 11"
Weight 205 lbs
Birth Place Yucatan, Mexico
Born Aug 6, 1996

Key Insights

2026
His fastball is the pitch everything else is built on

Rodriguez's sinker averages 96.2 mph, and has touched 98.2.

51 thrown, 37% of his pitches.
One pitch of his runs sideways more than almost anyone's

Rodriguez's sinker moves 14.9 inches toward the third-base side, the biggest horizontal move in his arsenal.

51 thrown, averaging 96.2 mph.
He lives on the edges rather than over the middle

13.8% of Rodriguez's pitches land in the middle third of the zone, well below what most pitchers give away.

19 of 138 located pitches.
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 2.25 feet, against a zone that runs 1.5 to 3.5.

138 located pitches in 2026.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit

Contact off Rodriguez's sinker leaves the bat at 92.9 mph, against 90.2 off his slider.

51 and 65 of them thrown.
He gets so far down the mound the ball arrives early

Rodriguez releases the ball 6.7 feet down the mound, so the ball arrives sooner than the radar gun suggests.

138 tracked pitches in 2026.

Movement Profile (Induced Break)

Catcher's Perspective • Pitch movement relative to a spinless ball

Player Bio Data
DOB Aug 6, 1996
Birth Place Yucatan, Mexico
Height 5' 11"
Weight 205 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R