Julio Rodríguez’s offensive problems appear again

The Dominican remains one of the best defenders of the central garden, but his bat continues in the first halves.

Four years in a professional career are enough to begin to notice patterns that more than coincidence are the reality of an athlete. The case of Julio Rodríguezcentral gardener of Seattle Marinersit is one of those in which it can be clear that the Dominican is not a first halves batter, after being in the middle of a disappointing first part of the campaign.

Rodríguez As soon as it beats for a poor .235 with an OPS of .724, PAHO+ of 114, eight homers and 25 laps towed in 187 official shifts, distributed over 46 games. This number of meetings represents about 30 percent of the regular seasonal calendar of Major Leagues.

Since he reached MLBthe main criticism that has been made to the central patrol of the Mariners It is exactly that, his inability to hit in the first halves, which is registered in a reliable way throughout his career. In fact, the only season in which Rodríguez He hit the first half in 2022, his year of debut, where he placed stunning numbers for a first -year player, which ended up making him Rookie of the year of the American League In that campaign.

Upon 2023, we saw a pronounced decrease of its first half results, hitting for a poor .249 with .721 in 87 games, but its second half was so impressive that collective thinking was that it was a subject of adjustment and rhythm, so it was not paid attention.

2024 was a repetition of history. In 97 meetings, he did show a better batting average than the previous year with .267, but his power and his ability to embasted completely disappeared, placing a poor OPS of .690. His second half was quite good, although not as impressive as that of 2023, but enough to save, at least at the offensive level, his campaign.

Now in 2025, for the third consecutive year, we see a decline of results, showing a poor first half offensive, again. Although an important section is missing in the first part of the season, nothing suggests, at least for the moment, that a significant improvement that takes the numbers of Rodríguez at the levels of the first half of 2022.

In total, in his career, Rodríguez He has played 321 first half matches, in which he beats. On his side, in second halves he has played 155 meetings, batting for .300 with PAHOs of .903, 41 homers and 110. The difference is more than noticeable. For a player who has the weight of being the face of the Seattle franchise, as well as one of the most value contractual extensions of the most value of the Major Leaguescurrent numbers are not even enough to be enough.