You really have to feel for Mariners rookie Julio Rodriguez. His first season in the big leagues is off to a rocky start, and honestly, it’s not all his fault.
The 21-year-old Rodriguez is hitting .188 on the season. He only has 13 hits while leading the league in strikeouts looking with 17. But that’s where matters get awfully complicated for Rodriguez. Out of those 17 called strikeouts, only five of the pitches actually caught the strike zone. He’s a player who hit .331 in the minors with just 66 strikeouts in 299 at-bats last season. He has a good sense of the strike zone, and that’s been clear thus far in the majors.
These are the pitches Julio Rodriguez has struck out looking on this season pic.twitter.com/wnkhdUrPBE
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