Spotlight: Julio Rodríguez

Julio Rodríguez (OF, SEA) hit the ground running in 2022, winning American League Rookie of the Year. He followed that up with an even better season in 2023, batting .275 with 32 HR and 37 SB. That propelled him to lofty heights in fantasy leagues heading into 2024 (3 ADP), but the results haven’t been there thus far. What’s going on?

Year	PA	HR/xHR	BA/xBA	bb%/ct%	GB/LD/FB	h%	HctX	PX/xPX	HR/F	SB/Spd/SBO
2022	560	28/26	.284/.262	7/72	46/18/36	35	108	146/121	21%	25/137/24%
2023	714	32/29	.275/.266	7/73	48/19/34	33	115	127/103	20%	37/98/30%
2024	249	4/ -	.265/.210	5/70	43/24/32	36	91	52/82	7%	14/103/27%

The skills have been a mixed bag:

• Rodríguez's power skills have taken a tumble. The PX/xPX gap hints that there has been a touch of HR/F misfortune, but the disappointing HR...

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