Johnathan Rodriguez

Johnathan Rodriguez

25-Year-Old OutfielderOF
Cleveland Guardians AAA
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Rodriguez hit .129 with zero home runs and 14 strikeouts (with nine walks) in 40 MLB plate appearances last year, but his success at Triple-A still makes him a notable rookie for potential fantasy value in 2025. He slashed .301/.390/.540 with 29 home runs, eight steals, a 25.2 percent strikeout rate, a 12.6 percent walk rate and a 34.3 percent hard-hit rate in 118 games as a 24-year-old repeating the International League. One positive takeaway from his brief time in the majors: Rodriguez's 76.2 mph average bat speed was an elite mark. Given his age and lack of impact foot speed, Rodriguez doesn't get much hype, but he could be a 25-homer right fielder if he were given the opportunity. He'll be competing with the likes of Will Brennan, Jhonkensy Noel and Kyle Manzardo for playing time, and while he'll likely open the year back at Triple-A, he could find his way into a significant role sometime this summer. Read Past Outlooks
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#372
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in March of 2025.
Optioned to Triple-A
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
April 9, 2025
The Guardians optioned Rodriguez to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Rodriguez cracked the Guardians' Opening Day roster but has played sparingly, making just one start. He's being replaced on the roster by Angel Martinez, who was called up from Columbus.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+48%
OPS vs LHP
2025
No Stats
2024
 
 
+63%
OPS vs LHP
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .484 29 3 0 2 0 .130 .310 .174
Since 2023vs Right .327 16 3 0 3 0 .077 .250 .077
2025vs Left .000 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Right .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Left .571 25 3 0 2 0 .158 .360 .211
2024vs Right .350 15 3 0 3 0 .083 .267 .083
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2025
No Stats
2024
 
 
+37%
OPS on Road
2023
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .410 23 2 0 3 0 .063 .348 .063
Since 2023Away .427 22 4 0 2 0 .150 .227 .200
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Away .000 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024Home .410 23 2 0 3 0 .063 .348 .063
2024Away .561 17 4 0 2 0 .200 .294 .267
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minor League Left/Right Batting Splits (AAA)
Since 2023
 
 
+44%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+200%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+75%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+28%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left 1.180 208 20 55 .352 .433 .747
Since 2023vs Right .820 542 21 75 .271 .363 .456
2025vs Left 1.543 7 1 1 .400 4.000 1.200
2025vs Right .515 37 0 2 .250 10.000 .278
2024vs Left 1.235 133 14 38 .376 59.008 .786
2024vs Right .704 371 15 56 .274 136.003 .453
2023vs Left 1.004 68 5 16 .300 25.015 .633
2023vs Right .786 134 6 17 .270 49.007 .522
Stat Review
How does Johnathan Rodriguez compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
60.0%
 
BABIP
.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.000
 
OBP
.000
 
SLG
.000
 
OPS
.000
 
wOBA
.000
 
Exit Velocity
83.9 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
0.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.018
 
Expected SLG
.030
 
Sprint Speed
23.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
0.0%
 
Line Drive %
0.0%
 
Fly Ball %
100.0%
 
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Makes Opening Day roster
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
March 28, 2025
Rodriguez was recalled from Triple-A Columbus ahead of Thursday's 7-4 extra-inning win over the Royals and went unused off the bench.
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Sent to Triple-A
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
March 21, 2025
The Guardians optioned Rodriguez to Triple-A Columbus on Friday.
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In right field mix
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
February 24, 2025
Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said Sunday that Rodriguez is in the mix for the available job in right field, Steve Stockmar of MLB.com reports.
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Sent down to minors
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
June 26, 2024
The Guardians optioned Rodriguez to Triple-A Columbus on Wednesday.
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Called up Saturday
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
June 15, 2024
The Guardians recalled Rodriguez from Triple-A Columbus on Saturday.
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Likely to make roster?
OFCleveland Guardians  AAA
March 25, 2025
According to Jack Vita of MLB.com, the Guardians haven't officially determined their Opening Day roster, but Rodriguez is traveling with the team to Kansas City and appears set to make the cut.
ANALYSIS
The 25-year-old was optioned to Triple-A Columbus on Friday, but that may end up being just a minor demotion. Rodriguez is one of the organization's top prospects, and he had a .766 OPS over 32 plate appearances during spring training after posting a .301/.390/.540 slash line with 29 homers for Columbus last year. Even if on the roster, Rodriguez likely won't see consistent playing time with Steven Kwan, Lane Thomas and Nolan Jones expected to be regular starters in the outfield.
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