Inaugural International Week Standout Rodriguez Named To Orioles 60-Man Player Pool

Grayson Rodriguez, who starred for the National Team at the inaugural International Week event in Sugar Land, Texas in 2017, was added to the Baltimore Orioles 60-man player pool on Wednesday.

Rodriguez, considered to be the top pitching prospect in the Orioles organization, was taken by Baltimore with the 11th overall pick in the 2018 MLB Draft, and has largely dominated in the minors since then.

In two MiLB seasons, the 20-year-old owns a 10-6 record with a 2.68 ERA, as well as a whopping 149 strikeouts in just 113 1/3 innings pitched.  The 2019 Futures Game participant first started gaining traction as a potential true “future star” at events like International Week, where he performed well against a stacked World Team roster that featured many draft picks, including fellow first-rounder Noah “Bo” Naylor.

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Mike Ashmore is a veteran baseball writer. Since 2003 he has covered multiple World Series and has worked high-profile events ranging from the MLB All-Star Game to the World Baseball Classic. In addition to his role working for Future Stars Series, the New Jersey native currently serves as the beat writer of the Double-A New York Yankees affiliate, the Somerset Patriots, as well as national hockey writer and New York Jets game day beat reporter for The Trentonian. Ashmore has worked six Super Bowls, ten Stanley Cup Finals, the NBA Playoffs, College Football Playoff National Championship Game, Frozen Four, Daytona 500, major UFC events and much more as he approaches 3,000 games covered in his career.

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