The Orioles are on the verge of promoting top pitching prospect Grayson Rodriguez to start tomorrow’s game against the Rangers, according to Andy Kostka of The Baltimore Banner.
Rodriguez, 23, competed for a spot in the club’s Opening Day rotation, but struggled to a 7.04 ERA in 15 1/3 innings of work during camp, prompting the club to option him to Triple-A. Since then, however, right-hander Kyle Bradish left his start yesterday with a foot contusion in the second inning, prompting Tyler Wells to pitch five innings in relief of Bradish rather than make his scheduled start tonight. With Kyle Gibson moving up to take the ball tonight in place of Wells, that left no one to start tomorrow’s game against Texas.
It appears Rodriguez will make that start, which will mark the 11th overall pick of the 2018 draft’s MLB debut. Once a consensus top 5 prospect in the sport, Rodriguez struggled with a lat strain for much of the 2022 season, which caused him to slip slightly down some prospect rankings, though he remains a top 20 prospect in the eyes of virtually every prospecting service, with a career 2.49 ERA in the minor leagues supported by an eye-popping 35.9% strikeout rate.
More to come…
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