LOS LOS ANGELES, CA – JULY 18: Seattle Mariners’ American League All-Star Julio Rodriguez 44 at the 2022 T-Mobile Presents at Dodger Stadium on July 18, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA Reacting during a base derby game. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)
Seattle Mariners Rookie Julio Rodriguez has had an incredible start to his MLB career and is making history with some of the best players around.
Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodriguez, nicknamed “J-Rod,” had one of the best starts of his MLB career.
He has established himself as a huge MLB asset in Seattle, and he will be the fourth AL player to be 21 or younger Join elite company and hit 25+ home runs in his first MLB season.
Julio Rodríguez is the fourth AL player 21 or younger to hit 25+ home runs in his first MLB season, joining Joe DiMaggio (1936) , Ted Williams (1939) and Eddie Murray (1977).
— Alex Mayer (@alexmayer34) September 13, 2022
Rodriguez joins Joe The ranks of DiMaggio, Ted Williams and Eddie Murray.
Rodriguez is also considered a leader in Seattle, despite being a complete stranger to the big leagues.
Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rowe Driggs was a leader in his first season, according to MLB’s Daniel Kramer
.com, the young rookie has been the leader of his teammates on the team’s coaching bench. Shortly after Siwald gave up the home run, Rodriguez reportedly found teammate Paul Siwald, who was described as “frustrated [he] had his head firmly in his hands.” He gave Sewald momentum and “announced to him that Seattle was going to fight back and win.”
Then he let his teammates know he was in the game Supporting them in the dugout and saying, ‘Even if someone goes down, we all have that brotherhood, ‘If you don’t, I’ll help you’, ‘I’ll pick you up.’ What we have on this team now Stuff is very cool.”
He is undoubtedly a leader, both on and off the court. While there’s always room for improvement, his rookie season was better than most, and he’s likely to only continue to get better.
