Bradgley Eduardo Rodriguez...Born in Petare, Venezuela...Resides in Kissimmee, Fla...Rodriguez's 2025 season began with his first career invite to Major League Spring Training and ended with him making SD's postseason Wild Card roster vs. the Chicago Cubs...Went scoreless in six of his seven big league appearances for SD in '25, posting a 1.17 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and .160 BA against...Signed by SD as an international free agent on Jan. 15, 2021.
2025
Received his first invite to Major League Spring Training and made his MLB debut with seven appearances for SD across two separate stints with the club, going scoreless in six of the seven outings (1.17 ERA, 0.91 WHIP, .160 BA against)...Had his contract selected May 30 from Double-A San Antonio prior to appearing in a Triple-A game and made his MLB debut on May 31 vs. PIT with season/career highs in IP (1.2) and pitches thrown (25)…Struck out Oneil Cruz for his first career strikeout...Optioned to Triple-A El Paso on June 3, where he remained until Sept. 13 before being recalled by SD for six September appearances...Lefties went 0-for-10 with five strikeouts and one walk while righties batted .267 (4-for-15) with two walks...Recorded three HBP, with one coming in each of his first three big league appearances...Picked up his first career victory on Sept. 22 vs. MIL, the night the Padres clinched their postseason berth...Became the first Padres rookie to earn their first career win after a walk-off hit since Robert Suarez did so on April 23, 2022 (vs. LAD), per Elias...Per Statcast, 51 of his 127 pitches thrown were four-seamers (40.2% usage rate) and opponents went 0-for-10 against the pitch…His four-seamer averaged 98.5 mph and ranked in the 96th percentile league-wide…He also utilized a sinker (26.0%, 98.8 mph)...Between San Antonio and El Paso, he went 7-0 with four saves (seven SVO), 3.19 ERA (13 ER, 36.2 IP), 1.09 WHIP and .183 BA against...Three of his four saves came in his first four appearances of the season with SA from April 4-16...Was one of just seven players in all of Minor League Baseball to record seven-plus wins with zero losing decisions...Entered 2025 rated as the No. 14 prospect in the Padres' farm system by both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline, and ended the season ranked as SD’s No. 6 prospect by MLB Pipeline and No. 9 by Baseball America...In Baseball America's annual best scouting tools survey for 2025, he was considered as having the best changeup in SD's farm system.
POSTSEASON: Joined David Morgan as the only two SD rookies to make the club’s Wild Card roster, but Rodriguez did not appear in a game.
2024
Split the campaign between Single-A Lake Elsinore (four G), High-A Fort Wayne (29 G) and Double-A San Antonio (12 G), going a combined 2-1 with three holds, seven saves in 10 SVO, 2.64 ERA (18 ER, 61.1 IP) and .180 opponents’ AVG...Scoreless in three of his four appearances for LE (1.69 ERA) with two saves in three SVO with a 9-to-1 SO/BB ratio before being promoted to FW on April 23...Spent the bulk of the campaign with the TinCaps, where he did not allow an ER in 22 of his 28 outings, including a 13 scoreless-inning streak with just six hits allowed across his final 11 appearances with FW from June 30-Aug. 4...Promoted to SA on Aug. 6, where he closed out his campaign going scoreless in nine of his 12 outings with four saves in five SVO...Limited Double-A hitters to a .154 clip with a 13.19 SO/9 IP ratio...Between all three stops, limited RHH to a .154 AVG while LHH batted .210...Allowed just 2 home runs on the season (April 28 vs. Great Lakes and May 29 at Wisconsin)…went homer-free in his next 31 outings and 40.1 IP from June 2-Sept. 12.
2023
Did not pitch competitively until the 2023 offseason with the Tiburones de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Winter League…there, he was 2-0, with a 5.40 ERA (12 ER, 20 IP) and had 21 strikeouts against 16 walks.
2022
Injured his right elbow (UCL sprain and olecranon stress fracture) in 2022.
2021
Signed by SD as an international free agent on Jan. 15, 2021, and made his professional debut later that year with the Dominican Summer League Padres, posting a 2-0 record, 6.20 ERA (17 ER, 24.2 IP) and 27 strikeouts against 16 walks.
