Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais made the rounds this offseason to visit some of his players, and perhaps the top name on his list of people to see with was superstar center fielder Julio Rodríguez. The two-time All-Star and 2022 American League Rookie of the Year spends his winters preparing for the upcoming season in Miami, and that's where Servais met up with him. Rodríguez pulled the curtain back when he talked to Seattle Sports' Wyman and Bob on Friday from Mariners spring training in Peoria, Ariz.
Can Seattle or Texas stop Houston from winning yet another division title? Or will the Astros reach an eighth straight ALCS?
He recognized the slider thrown by Freddy Peralta the moment it left his hand. Instead of sinking far into his legs to generate as much force and power from his immense lower half to hit the ball into the next county, which would've likely ended up with a ball pulled well into foul territory, the new and controlled Julio Rodriguez demonstrated what he's been working on the past few months. Rodriguez sent a towering fly ball over the wall in left field for his first homer of the spring. Really, that might not have been his most impressive swing in the Mariners' eventual 7-5 win over the Brewers on Saturday.
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
41 | P | |
67 | P | |
47 | P | |
58 | P | |
36 | P | |
62 | P | |
68 | P | |
37 | P | |
50 | P | |
75 | P | |
00 | P | |
60 | P | |
52 | P | |
55 | P | |
45 | P | |
46 | P | |
54 | P | |
30 | P | |
22 | P |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
18 | C | |
29 | C | |
33 | C |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
3 | SS | |
23 | 1B | |
0 | 2B | |
7 | 2B | |
20 | 1B | |
4 | 3B | |
12 | 2B | |
16 | 3B |
No | Player | P |
---|---|---|
8 | LF | |
17 | LF | |
2 | LF | |
25 | LF | |
44 | CF | |
5 | LF |