Grayson RodríguezLAA · SP

2026 review

Grayson Rodríguez was a strikeout arm who couldn't keep hitters off the barrel: a 6.02 ERA and 1.56 WHIP in 98.2 IP, with a 19.1 K% and 9.7 BB% over 444 BF across 20 starts, and his 39.5 Hard% over 309 BBE was the 51st highest of 517 pitchers with 100+ BF. He went on the 15-day IL with right shoulder inflammation from Mar 22 to May 17, then with low back inflammation from Jun 15 to Jul 10, missing 78 regular-season days across 2 stints. Drafted at NFBC ADP rank 310, he finished 1458th of 1472 in the TDK LABS 5x5 value rank, 1148 spots below, and 225th of 236 starting pitchers. His 6.02 ERA ran 0.33 above his 5.69 xERA over 444 BF, and against right-handers he allowed .239/.303/.415 over 178 PA, and against left-handers .319/.401/.528 over 267 PA. His best month was Aug at a 2.93 ERA in 27.2 IP against a worst of 8.74 in 11.1 IP in Jun. The TDK LABS card tracked the swings: in mid-May it watched his activation window off the IL, by mid-Aug it read the strikeout stuff as real but the execution failing, and by late Sep it saw an elevated-walk finish sitting atop earlier stretches where he had been usable as a spot starter.