Eduardo

Rodriguez

Rodriguez battled some command issues in this one, handing out three free passes, while notching a pair of strikeouts. He threw just 24 of 43 pitches for strikes. The 32-year-old lefty will get the ball for Venezuela at some point during pool play after Red Sox southpaw Ranger Suárez toes the rubber during Friday’s World Baseball Classic opener against Netherlands.

The 32-year-old southpaw didn’t strike out or walk a batter in the contest. All three hits that he allowed came in the second inning and were all singles — though he coaxed a double play ball out of Jac Caglianone to avoid any damage. He’s coming off of a brutal 2025 season in which he registered a 5.02 ERA and a 1.54 WHIP across 154 1/3 innings, but we have seen the type of upside Rodriguez can have when he is going well.

Rodriguez racked up six strikeouts on the night while issuing only one base on balls. The Padres jumped on him early in this one as Fernando Tatis Jr. slugged a leadoff homer and Xander Bogaerts added a two-run blast in the opening frame. Elias Diaz then added a two-run shot in the second inning. He shut the Padres out over his final four innings, but the damage had already been done. The 32-year-old southpaw wraps up a disappointing season with a 5.02 ERA, 1.54 WHIP and a 143/60 K/BB ratio over 154 1/3 innings in 29 starts.

The 32-year-old southpaw struck out five batters on the day while issuing three walks. The biggest threat against him came as the Phillies put two men on with two outs in the fourth inning, but Rodriguez was able to punch out Bryson Stott to diffuse the situation. He generated 10 swings and misses on 95 pitches on the day, posting a CSW of 22 percent. He now sits at 9-8 on the season with an underwhelming 4.91 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and a 137/59 K/BB ratio over 148 1/3 innings. He’ll finish his season on Saturday with a matchup against the Padres in San Diego.

Rodriguez got into trouble right away, giving up four runs on five hits and a sacrifice fly in the first inning. He settled in to give the Diamondbacks five innings, giving up one more run on a solo homer by Wilmer Flores in the third inning. He struck out two. The 32-year-old left-hander ends the day with a 5.12 ERA, 1.56 WHIP, and a 132/56 K/BB ratio across 142 1/3 innings. He’ll take on the Dodgers in Arizona on Tuesday.

Rodriguez allowed two hits, walked two and struck out six. He’s given up a total of one run over 18 1/3 innings in his last three starts to move to 8-8 with a 4.98 ERA on the season. Considering that he finished the first half 3-6 with a 5.94 ERA, that’s a pretty nice turnaround, although it’s one much better reflected in his ERA than in his peripherals. He’ll face the Giants again next week.

Turns out that all Rodriguez needed to do was start facing his old teams. After six scoreless against the Tigers on Saturday, E-Rod was effective against his former club again with just four hits allowed, one walk and four strikeouts. That’s the good news, the bad news is that Rodriguez has allowed one run over 12 innings and still has an ERA of 5.22. He’ll also have to face a team that hasn’t employed him next week, as the Giants are next.

Four hits allowed, four walks and four strikeouts wouldn’t’ seem to make for a particularly strong showing, but it worked out in this one. Rodriguez improved to 6-8 with a 5.40 ERA. He’s due to face one of his old teams, the Red Sox, on Friday.

Rodriguez allowed six hits to the 14 batters he faced, even though he surrendered only for hard-hit balls and most of the contact against him was on the ground. Fortunately, he didn’t burn out the pen in his shortest outing of the year, as Bryce Jarvis was able to pitch 5 2/3 innings behind him. Rodriguez dropped to 5-8 with a 5.67 ERA, and he’s due to face the Dodgers next.

Rodríguez kept the Guardians off the board through three innings before Cleveland brought two runs in to score on a walk and two hits in the fourth. He then surrendered a two-run blast to José Ramírez in the fifth. Rodriguez would pitch into the seventh, recording the first two outs before leaving at 96 pitches with four strikeouts. The 32-year-old left-hander will take a 5.40 ERA, 1.61 WHIP, and a 115/46 K/BB ratio across 116 2/3 innings into a start against the Brewers in Milwaukee on Monday.