| Hitting Rodriguez may have the quickest hands in baseball. They allow him to do several things: turn on inside pitches, wait on outside pitches and swat them with authority the opposite way, and club the low pitches with power. He feasts on fastballs, spraying them all over the field, and on low, inner-half breaking balls, which he pulls. Despite his wiry build, he's quite strong. He doesn't hit many cheap home runs. His weakness? Breaking stuff away, which he'll chase. He gets especially defensive with two strikes and goes after offerings several inches off the plate. |
