{"id":101294,"date":"2025-05-30T19:50:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=101294"},"modified":"2025-05-30T19:50:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T23:50:20","slug":"padres-add-bradgley-rodriguez-option-kyle-hart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/30\/padres-add-bradgley-rodriguez-option-kyle-hart\/","title":{"rendered":"Padres Add Intriguing Bullpen Arm from Double-A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The San Diego Padres have made a move to beef up their bullpen ahead of their series on Friday with the Pittsburgh Pirates.\u00a0 The Padres have officially selected the contract of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=rodrig008bra&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bradgley Rodriguez<\/a> to the roster. Daniel Alvarez-Montes of El Extra Base was the first to report it. The team confirmed the move and added that LHP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=hartky01,hart--004kyl&amp;search=Kyle+Hart&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-05-30_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Hart<\/a> would be sent to Triple-A El Paso to make room on the active roster. No 40-man roster move was necessary, as the Padres had three open slots.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">News: The San Diego Padres are calling-up RHP Bradgley Rodr\u00edguez from AA-San Antonio, sources tell <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElExtrabase?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ElExtrabase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Rodr\u00edguez, 21, has a 12.5 K\/9 and a 6.20 K\/BB ratio in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>He is the organization\u2019s #14 prospect, per <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBPipeline?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@MLBPipeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daniel \u00c1lvarez-Montes (@DanielAlvarezEE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanielAlvarezEE\/status\/1928465132071375145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Bradgley Rodriguez Brings Swing and Miss Stuff<\/h2>\n<p>Rodriguez, 21, will get his first taste of big league action. He&#8217;s the No. 14 prospect in the Padres farm system, according to MLB Pipeline. He&#8217;ll be making the jump from Double-A San Antonio up to MLB.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Rodriguez has thrown 22.1 innings with elite swing and miss stuff. He has 31 strikeouts for a gaudy 12.5 K\/9. Command is certainly an issue, but the high velocity is something that teams highly desire.<\/p>\n<p>The right-hander from Venezuela can get the fastball up to 101 MPH, but sits in the upper 90s. Bradgley Rodriguez also has a changeup and is working to add a slider to the mix, but the heater is his best pitch. He&#8217;s worked to a 3.22 ERA this season.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll be added to a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/02\/11\/padres-trade-rumors-roster-payroll-flexibility\/\" target=\"_self\">San Diego bullpen<\/a> that already features plenty of swing and miss. They have a 24.2% strikeout rate, which is seventh best in the majors. His dominant 2024 paves the way for this call-up after a solid start to 2025.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_101296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101296\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-101296\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26308855-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26308855-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26308855-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26308855-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26308855-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26308855-2048x1364.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26308855-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/05\/USATSI_26308855-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-101296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">May 28, 2025; San Diego, California, USA; San Diego Padres pitcher Kyle Hart (68) delivers during the first inning against the Miami Marlins at Petco Park. Mandatory Credit: Denis Poroy-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Kyle Hart Optioned<\/h3>\n<p>The Padres decided to option Kyle Hart in a corresponding move. Hart, 32, spent 2024 in the KBO, where he had a 2.69 ERA across 157 innings after struggling in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2025\/05\/29\/red-sox-franklin-arias-jumps-into-top-10-per-keith-law\/\" target=\"_self\">Red Sox system<\/a> and bouncing around.<\/p>\n<p>This season, he hasn&#8217;t fared as well, with a 6.66 ERA in six starts across 25.2 innings. Unlike Bradgley Rodriguez, Hart has a tough time putting hitters away. In the big leagues this year, he owns a 6.0 K\/9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Diego Padres have made a move to beef up their bullpen ahead of their series on Friday with the Pittsburgh Pirates.\u00a0 The Padres have officially selected the contract of Bradgley Rodriguez to the roster. Daniel Alvarez-Montes of El Extra Base was the first to report it. 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