{"id":57294,"date":"2022-08-26T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/julio-rodriguez-extension-with-mariners\/"},"modified":"2022-08-26T18:15:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T18:15:00","slug":"julio-rodriguez-extension-with-mariners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/julio-rodriguez-extension-with-mariners\/","title":{"rendered":"Julio Rodriguez extension with Mariners"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Star outfielder Julio Rodr\u00edguez is finalizing a long-term deal with the Mariners, a source told MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez on Friday. The deal, which includes player and team options, is expected to guarantee Rodr\u00edguez $210 million over 14 years and could exceed $400 million, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The club has not confirmed the deal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rodr\u00edguez reached 15 homers and 20 stolen bases in 81 games, the fewest for any player to reach those marks. When he reached the 20-20 plateau, Rodr\u00edguez became just the 12th rookie in history to do so, and he was the fastest player in AL history (107 games) to achieve the feat, topping Mike Trout (112 games). If he can get to 25-25, Rodr\u00edguez would join a list of rookies that includes just Trout (2012) and Chris Young (2007).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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After working through a slow start to the season, Rodr\u00edguez erupted in May and June, batting .295 with 13 home runs and 33 RBIs in 57 games across the two months en route to being named American League Rookie of the Month twice. Those honors made Rodr\u00edguez the first Mariners rookie to win multiple Rookie of the Month Awards since Ichiro Suzuki won it four times in 2001.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rodr\u00edguez joined Ichiro on another list later in the summer when he became just the sixth rookie in franchise history to be elected to the All-Star Game and the first rookie position player since Ichiro during that historic 2001 season. Rodr\u00edguez also joined Alex Rodr\u00edguez and Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. — two of baseball’s all-time greatest players — as the only 21-year-olds in Mariners history to be selected.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rodr\u00edguez’s standout moment among many highlights this season was his showing in the 2022 T-Mobile Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium, where he placed second to Juan Soto but mashed 81 homers in all, including 32 in the opening round, a new first-round record for a rookie. Rodr\u00edguez’s first-round homers reached a combined distance of 2.54 miles, by far the longest of any competitor in the opening round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rodr\u00edguez’s first-round output was the fourth best of any Home Run Derby round in history, trailing only Pete Alonso, Joc Pederson (39 in the second round in 2019) and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (40 to beat Pederson in that same round). J-Rod later became the first hitter in history with multiple 30-homer rounds in one Derby.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cI didn’t see it coming until I got to Spring Training,\u201d Mariners manager Scott Servais said of Rodr\u00edguez’s speed. “It was one of the first days we ran the bases as a team, early camp, and the way he’s flying around the base like, ‘Oh, my God, this is different.’ And you start seeing him move in the outfield, and his ability to close on balls. \u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shortly after the All-Star Game, Rodr\u00edguez missed two weeks with a right wrist injury that he sustained when he was hit by a pitch against the Astros, but he has since returned to help the Mariners in their quest to end a 20-year postseason dwarf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Star outfielder Julio Rodr\u00edguez is finalizing a long-term deal with the Mariners, a source told MLB.com’s Jesse Sanchez on Friday. The deal, which includes player and team options, is expected to guarantee Rodr\u00edguez $210 million over 14 years and could exceed $400 million, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The club has not confirmed the deal. …<\/p>\n

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