Series Review: Henry Rodriguez

By
Doug Gray
– July 18, 2012Posted in: Articles

Over the last few days I sat down and charted out each at bat by Henry Rodriguez in a recent series against the Gwinnett Braves. Here is how he performed over those four games.


 AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO
Game 1 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
Game 2 7 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0
Game 3 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
Game 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
Total 20 3 9 1 0 0 4 0 2

Observations

Rodriguez only saw 70 pitches in 20 at bats (3.5 pitches per at bat), so he clearly has an aggressive approach at the plate. Of those 70 pitches he saw, several of them were clearly taken the entire way with no intent on swinging. With all of that said, he didn’t expand the strikezone all that much, but when you threw him a pitch close or in the zone, he was going to be swinging at it. His swings are very different from each side of the plate, but both are effective. He seemed to struggle a bit with breaking balls directly under his hands (most guys do), but if you leave it over the plate even a little bit, he will hit it.

Here is the breakdown of his at bats, pitch by pitch.

Pitch Type Location Result Play Result P Notes
1 FB Middle Outside Takes Ball RH
2 CH Middle High Swings Swing K RH
3 CH Middle Middle Swings Foul RH
4 FB Middle Outside Swings FO to LF RH Out
5 CH Middle Middle Swings Swing K RH
6 FB Middle Middle Swings LD to CF RH Single
7 CV Low Inside Swings Swing K RH
8 CV Low Inside Takes Ball RH
9 CH Inside Middle Swings PU to C RH Out
10 FB Outside Middle Takes Ball RH
11 FB Middle Low Swings LD to CF RH Single
12 FB High Outside Takes Ball RH
13 FB High Outside Takes Called K RH
14 CV Low Outside Swings Foul RH
15 CV Low Middle Swings Foul RH
16 CV Low Middle Swings Swing K RH Out
17 FB Low Inside Takes Ball LH
18 FB Middle Outside Swings Foul LH
19 CV Middle Middle Swings GB to LF LH Single
20 FB Middle Outside Takes Ball RH
21 FB Middle Inside Swings Foul RH
22 FB Middle Inside Swings Foul RH
23 CV Low Inside Takes Ball RH
24 CV Middle Outside Swings LD to CF RH Single
25 CV Low Outside Takes Ball RH
26 FB Low Outside Takes Ball RH
27 CV Low Inside Swings Swing K RH
28 CV Low Outside Swings GB to 2B RH Out
29 FB High Middle Swings GB to 2B RH Out
30 FB Outside Low Takes Called K LH
31 FB Middle Dirt Takes Ball LH
32 CH Low Outside Swings Swing K LH
33 FB Middle Inside Swings Foul LH
34 CV Middle Inside Swings GB to 3B LH FC Error
35 CV Outside Low Swings Swing K LH
36 FB Outside Low Takes Ball LH
37 FB Outside Low Takes Ball LH
38 CV Outside Middle Swings LD to CF LH Single
39 FB Outside Low Takes Ball RH
40 CV Outside Low Takes Ball RH
41 CV Outside High Swings FB to RF RH Out
42 FB Outside High Takes Ball RH
43 FB Outside Low Takes Ball RH
44 FB Inside Middle Swings GB to 1B RH Out
45 CV Middle Middle Takes Called K RH
46 FB Middle Middle Swings Foul RH
47 FB Middle High Takes Ball RH
48 CV Outside High Swings GB to 1B RH Out
49 CV Middle Inside Swings LD to RF RH Single
50 FB High Outside Takes Ball RH
51 FB Low Middle Swings Foul RH
52 FB High Inside Swings Foul RH
53 CV Outside Low Takes Ball RH
54 FB Middle Outside Swings LD to LF RH Double
55 FB Low Inside Takes Ball LH
56 FB Middle Outside Takes Called K LH
57 CV Middle Outside Swings Swing K LH
58 CV Low Outside Swings GB to 3B LH Out
59 FB Middle Outside Takes Ball LH
60 CV Middle Low Takes Ball LH
61 CV Low Inside Takes Ball LH
62 FB Middle low Takes Called K LH
63 FB Outside Low Swings Swing K LH
64 FB Outside Low Swings Foul LH
65 CV Outside Low Swings Foul LH
66 CV Inside Low Swings Swing K LH Out on good CV
67 FB Inside Low Swings GB to 2B LH Single off glove of 2B up the middle
68 FB Outside Low Takes Ball RH
69 FB Outside Low Takes Ball RH
70 FB Inside Low Swings LD to RF RH Single

Final Notes

While he didn’t really show any power to speak of, and if you have gotten The Prospect Guide in either of the past two years you know that his power is very limited except for the pull side (from either side of the plate), he is still rather fresh off of a broken thumb, which can sap some power. Of course he also isn’t a big power guy, so perhaps he just didn’t tap into it in this series and showed off his slap hitting skills. Ideally you would like to see him be a little more patient at the plate, but he shows off a good ability to make contact and can hit the ball to all fields. I still wonder if because of his size and his move to third base if he won’t be pigeonholed into a utility type of role without ever being given a shot as a full time player at the MLB level because he doesn’t profile as your typical corner bat.

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