Bradgley Rodriguez
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 1" 160LBS | Age: 20
MLB Pipeline Rank
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2024 0 1 3.14 12 0 4 14.1 21 1.05
Career Minors 4 1 3.66 55 3 7 86 102 1.23
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2024 12 0-1 3.14 14.1 21 1.05
Career Minors 55 4-1 3.66 86 102 1.23

Standard Minor League Pitching Statistics

SeasonTmLGLWLERAGGSSVIPHRERHRBBSOWHIP
2021 DSL Padres DSL ROK 2 0 6.20 10 3 0 24.2 20 18 17 3 16 27 1.46
2024 3 Teams Minors 2 1 2.64 45 0 7 61.1 39 22 18 2 31 75 1.14
2024 Lake Elsinore Storm CAL A 0 0 1.69 4 0 2 5.1 2 1 1 0 1 9 0.56
2024 Fort Wayne TinCaps MID A+ 2 0 2.59 29 0 1 41.2 29 16 12 2 23 45 1.25
2024 San Antonio Missions TEX AA 0 1 3.14 12 0 4 14.1 8 5 5 0 7 21 1.05

Scouting Report

2024

Scouting grades: Fastball: 70 | Slider: 50 | Changeup: 60 | Control: 40 | Overall: 45

Rodriguez signed with the Padres for $370,000 out of Venezuela in 2021, and he opened with a subpar performance in the Dominican Summer League that year, posting a 6.20 ERA with 27 strikeouts in 24 2/3 innings while working as both a starter and reliever. He didn’t pitch for an affiliate in 2022 or '23, in part due to right elbow issues in the former season, but he did make up for some of the lost time with 21 appearances (20 innings) in the Venezuelan Winter League this past offseason. After a standout spring in which he cracked San Diego’s Spring Breakout roster, Rodriguez opened as a reliever with Single-A Lake Elsinore, fanned nine of his 19 batters faced there and was promoted to High-A Fort Wayne in late April.

Throwing in shorter stints, the 6-foot-1 right-hander will touch triple-digits with his fastball and typically lives in the 97-99 mph range. Single-A hitters couldn’t handle that level of heat, allowing for the 20-year-old’s quick movement up the San Diego chain. His upper-80s changeup shows tremendous separation off that fastball, and he can pull the string on the pitch, giving him another potential plus offering. His upper-80s slider is of the harder variety and flashes above-average, though it doesn’t quite show up as much as the other two pitches.

Rodriguez only walked one batter in his four appearances with Lake Elsinore, but he’s shown more concerning control problems in the VWL and the early days with Fort Wayne. That isn’t a shock with a hard thrower who is clearly still growing more comfortable with his elite velocity. Now that he’s bullpen-only, Rodriguez could be one of the Padres’ patented quick movers -- in some ways he already is -- if he can stick to the zone more regularly. 


Transactions

Team Date Transaction
08/06/2024 RHP Bradgley Rodriguez assigned to San Antonio Missions from Fort Wayne TinCaps.
08/06/2024 San Antonio Missions activated RHP Bradgley Rodriguez.
04/23/2024 RHP Bradgley Rodriguez assigned to Fort Wayne TinCaps from Lake Elsinore Storm.
04/02/2024 RHP Bradgley Rodriguez assigned to Lake Elsinore Storm from ACL Padres.
03/07/2024 San Diego Padres Prospects activated RHP Bradgley Rodriguez.
10/23/2023 RHP Bradgley Rodriguez assigned to Tiburones de La Guaira.
11/09/2022 ACL Padres activated RHP Bradgley Rodriguez from the 60-day injured list.
06/05/2022 RHP Bradgley Rodriguez assigned to ACL Padres.
01/15/2021 San Diego Padres signed free agent RHP Bradgley Rodriguez to a minor league contract.
01/15/2021 P Bradgley Rodriguez assigned to DSL Padres .