Prospects Rodriguez & Biddle Make BBA/Bowman Hot Sheet

by Ben Grimm, PhilaPhans’ Staff Writer

For Week of 7/15 – 7/21

No. 3 JULIO RODRIGUEZ, RHP PHILLIES

Team: high Class A Clearwater (Phillies)
Age: 20
Why He’s Here: 2-0, 1.29, 2 GS, 14 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 3 BB, 16 SO
The Scoop: A bit lost in the shuffle as part of a stacked Clearwater rotation, Rodriguez leads the Florida State League with 12 wins and a .189 opponent average. He’s not far off the pace in terms of strikeouts (106, third) or WHIP (1.08, third). Rodriguez has a lot of deception in his motion, which has helped him to dominate righthanded batters this year (3.88 strikeout-to-walk ratio), but his work against lefties is significantly less stellar (1.38 ratio). However, few batters seem to square up Rodriguez with regularity and, consequently, his rate of 5.9 hits per nine innings ranks first among qualified FSL starters. While the raw stuff won’t blow you away (he pitches mostly in the high 80s), he’s been able to use every morsel of it to produce results.

No. 9 JESSE BIDDLE, LHP PHILLIES

Team: low Class A Lakewood (South Atlantic)
Age: 19
Why He’s Here: 1-0, 1.38, 2 GS, 13 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 5 BB, 16 SO
The Scoop: In most systems, Biddle would be one the most highly touted arms. After all, he is a big-bodied lefthander who has reached 94 mph and boasts three in-progress offspeed offerings. But with the Phillies, he operates in the shadow cast by Jarred Cosart, Brody Colvin, Trevor May and others. A hometown kid taken with the 27th overall pick in 2010, Biddle has impressed in his first year of full-season ball with Lakewood, registering a 3.10 ERA and a strikeout per inning while yielding just three home runs through 18 starts.

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