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Jose Rodriguez, OF
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Rodriguez can hit. He manipulates the bat head's depth and direction to get the sweet spot to pitches all over the zone. He loads his hands pretty deep, but because he's such a short-levered guy, Rodriguez is still able to catch velocity despite this. He's clearly gotten stronger and twitchier during the last year and showed up to Fall Instructional League looking more muscular and mature than in 2019. I think he's an athletic fit on the middle infield though he perhaps doesn't have quiet the arm for shortstop. That may have come with the added strength but I did not see this group in the Fall. I'd like to see him be more selective, but the combination of feel to hit and defensive projection give Sanchez a shot to be a consistent, role-playing middle infielder of some kind. He has an outside shot at being a regular if he can continue to become more physical. The trajectory he's on in this regard has already surpassed what I expected after seeing him in the AZL last year. (Fall Instructional League)