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Grayson Rodriguez, P
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Scouting report
After sitting 90-95 and touching 97 in 2019, Rodriguez's fastball averaged 95 at the alternate site. He has now been steadily improving since high school, when he was a big-framed, maxed-out, pitchability sort with average stuff. A physical transformation coincided with a senior spring breakthrough, which was then bettered by cogent repertoire work in pro ball. Rodriguez's changeup, which was an afterthought back in high school, has screwball action and has become very good, very quickly; it's now the main event. He's now tracking to have a four-pitch mix full of above-average pitches: a mid-90s fastball; a lateral, mid-80s slider; a two-plane, upper-70s curveball; and the low-80s change. His delivery isn't great -- there's a little bit of a head whack, and Rodriguez has a tightly-wound lower half -- but he's never been injured and has thrown an acceptable rate of strikes to this point. (Alternate site, Fall Instructional League)