Scouting Report

Scouting grades: Hit: 45 | Power: 40 | Run: 60 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 40

Rodden took the junior college route out of high school, then went to Wichita State after two years at Seminole State College in Oklahoma. He was one of just three players taken in the Top 10 rounds of the 2022 Draft that opted to go back to school, returning to the Shockers after the A’s took him in Round 10. He had a huge senior year to win American Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors and he jumped up to the fifth round, where the Mariners signed him for $200,000. After hitting very well with High-A Everett during his full-season debut, he got pushed to Double-A at age 24, though he struggled at the level.

An under-sized switch-hitter, Rodden has shown good bat-to-ball skills and a disciplined approach at the plate, though that unraveled a bit and the strikeouts piled up more once he got to Arkansas. He hit 34 homers over two years at Wichita State and finished his first full pro season with 14, but there’s not going to be a ton of power as he keeps moving up, so he’s going to have to really make a ton of contact and draw a lot of walks.

Rodden is a plus runner and combines that with good instincts on the basepaths. He’s best suited to play second base defensively, but his bat is unlikely to profile as an every day player at the position. He’s seen time at third and at shortstop, which also won’t work at the highest level, so there’s a chance the Mariners give him the chance to see how his athleticism plays in center field so that he can possibly carve out some kind of utility role.

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 35 | Run: 55 | Arm: 50 | Field: 50 | Overall: 40

After spending two seasons at Seminole State College, a two-year school in Oklahoma, Rodden moved on to Wichita State and made a very strong first impression with an OPS over 1.000. He turned down the opportunity to start his pro career as the A’s 10th-round pick in 2022 and performed even better for the Shockers in 2023 (1.175 OPS), earning American Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors. It also helped him jump up to the fifth round, where he signed with the Mariners for an under-slot $200,000. Seattle started him in High-A Everett to kick off his first full season and he hit well enough there to earn a bump up to Double-A a month after his 24th birthday.

Rodden is an undersized switch-hitter with the ability to produce quality at-bats from both sides of the plate. Even though he did hit 17 homers in his final year at Wichita State, and there is some extra-base authority, he has a definite hit-over-power profile. He doesn’t strike out much and draws a good amount of walks.

An above-average runner who is aggressive on the basepaths, Rodden fits best at second base if he were to settle in at one position. It’s more likely he moves around defensively with the chance to fit that over-achieving, gritty utility type of profile in the big leagues.

Awards

Rawlings MiLB Gold Glove

Year	Team
2024

NWL Post-Season All-Star

Year	Team
2024

NWL Player of the Month

Month	Team
05/2024

Transactions

Team	Date	Transaction
	09/22/2025	Arkansas Travelers activated SS Brock Rodden from the 7-day injured list.
	09/10/2025	SS Brock Rodden assigned to Peoria Javelinas.
	08/15/2025	Arkansas Travelers placed SS Brock Rodden on the 7-day injured list.
	07/22/2025	Arkansas Travelers activated SS Brock Rodden from the 7-day injured list.
	07/12/2025	Arkansas Travelers sent SS Brock Rodden on a rehab assignment to ACL Mariners.
	05/14/2025	Arkansas Travelers placed SS Brock Rodden on the 7-day injured list.
	05/14/2025	Arkansas Travelers placed SS Brock Rodden on the 7-day injured list.
	05/10/2025	Arkansas Travelers activated SS Brock Rodden from the 7-day injured list.
	05/02/2025	Arkansas Travelers placed SS Brock Rodden on the 7-day injured list.
	03/06/2025	activated 2B Brock Rodden.
	01/30/2025	Seattle Mariners invited non-roster 2B Brock Rodden to spring training.
	06/25/2024	SS Brock Rodden assigned to Arkansas Travelers from Everett AquaSox.
	06/25/2024	Arkansas Travelers activated SS Brock Rodden.
	06/25/2024	Arkansas Travelers activated SS Brock Rodden.
	04/03/2024	SS Brock Rodden assigned to Everett AquaSox from Modesto Nuts.
	02/07/2024	Seattle Mariners invited non-roster SS Brock Rodden to spring training.
	07/26/2023	Modesto Nuts activated SS Brock Rodden from the reserve list.
	07/25/2023	SS Brock Rodden assigned to Modesto Nuts from ACL Mariners.
	07/21/2023	SS Brock Rodden assigned to ACL Mariners.
	07/18/2023	Seattle Mariners signed SS Brock Rodden.
	06/08/2023	2B Brock Rodden assigned to College Workout.
	05/19/2023	Wichita State Shockers activated SS Brock Rodden.
	05/19/2023	2B Brock Rodden assigned to Wichita State Shockers.
	02/17/2022	2B Brock Rodden and assigned to Wichita State Shockers.