Round 26: when I finally encountered a Tampa Bay Rays draft pick for whom I could not find any semblance of a scouting report. Don’t worry, though–I’ll still find a way to spend a minute of your time discussing Noel Rodriguez, a right-hander coming off his sophomore season at Paradise Valley Community College in Arizona.
Rodriguez pitched to a 1.19 ERA in 37.2 innings pitched his freshman year at Paradise Valley, but with just a 22-22 strikeout to walk ratio. Out of his 15 appearances, 12 were starts, but it’s not as though he was lasting deep into games.