Grayson Greer Rodriguez...Married to wife Madison...Graduated from Central Heights HS (Texas) and won 3A State Championship in 2017...Had committed to pitch at Texas A&M University before signing with the Orioles...Earned the nickname “The Butcher” at Double-A Bowie after choosing white uniforms on his start days because butchers wear white...Enjoys hunting in the offseason...Originally signed by Orioles scout Thom Dreier.
2025
Was on Orioles injured list for entire season...Placed on IL on March 27 (retro to March 24) with right elbow inflammation...Was transferred to 60-day IL on April 28 with a right lat strain...Underwent right elbow surgery in August to remove bone spurs.
2024
Made his first career Opening Day roster; placed on the 15-day Injured List on April 30 with rightshoulder inflammation; reinstated on May 18; placed on the 15- day Injured List on Aug. 7 with right lat/teres discomfort, retroactive to Aug. 4, and did not appear in another game...Went 13-4 with a 3.86 ERA (50 ER/116.2 IP) on 109 hits (15 HR), 52 total runs, 36 walks and five hit batters with 130 strikeouts across 20 starts in 2024...The O's went 4-0 across his first four starts on the year; he earned three of the four wins and produced a 2.63 ERA (7 ER/24.0 IP) on 20 hits (3 HR), eight walks and 27 strikeouts...Tossed 13.1 consecutive scoreless innings spanning across four starts from April 23 to May 23...Did not suffer a loss in a home regular season game from May 26, 2023, to May 28, 2024, when he took the loss against the Boston Red Sox...surrendered four runs on seven hits (1 HR), one walk, and one hit batter with a career-high 10 strikeouts...Became the first Oriole to win at least 13 of their first 20 outings to begin a season since Chris Tillman in 2016 (also 13); the last Oriole to win 14 of his first 21 appearances was Tillman in the same year...Before being placed on the 15-day Injured List with right lat/teres discomfort on Aug. 7, his 13 wins were tied for the major league lead with Atlanta's Chris Sale and Kansas City's Seth Lugo...His 259 strikeouts are the most in an O's pitcher's first 43 games with the team in club history...Left-handed hitters slashed .205/.274/.341 (45-for-220) compared to a .279/.336/.467 (64-for-229) slash line against right-handed hitters...Received 87 total runs of support through his final start of the season on July 31; his 6.71 RSA/9 led MLB before his season ended...Struck out at least seven batters in 12 of his 20 starts; before being placed on the 15-day Injured List on Aug. 7, his 12 such starts ranked tied for third in the AL and for seventh in MLB...Has posted 18 quality starts in his last 31 outings, dating back to July 28, 2023...His Offspeed Run Value (8) ranked in the 96th percentile in MLB, per Statcast.
2023
Opened the season with Triple-A Norfolk after being optioned during Spring Training on 3/27. Recalled on 4/5 and made his MLB debut that day. Optioned to Norfolk 5/27. Recalled on 7/17 for the remainder of the season...Went 7-4 with a 4.35 ERA (59 ER/122.0 IP), 121 hits (16 HR), 62 total runs, 42 walks, two hit batters and 129 strikeouts in 23 games (all starts) in his rookie season. Recorded seven quality starts...His 9.52 K/9 was the best by a rookie in team history (min. 100.0 IP). His 129 strikeouts were sixth-most by an O’s rookie. The 129 punchouts through his first 23 career starts are the most by an O’s hurler in that span in franchise history (since 1954)...Made his MLB debut 4/5 at TEX after Kyle Bradish was placed on the injured list after being hit by a comebacker on 4/3. Did not factor in the decision after allowing two runs on four hits and one walk with five strikeouts in 5.0 innings. Both runs, two hits and the lone walk came in the first inning. Retired nine of the final 10 batters faced...Became the first of six Orioles (two pitchers and four position players) to make his big-league debut, the first Oriole to start his MLB debut since DL Hall on 8/13/22 and the youngest O’s hurler (23-140) to start his debut since Kevin Gausman (22-137) on 5/23/13 at TOR...After being recalled from the Tides on 7/17, went 5-2 with a 2.58 ERA (22 ER/76.2 IP) in his final 13 starts. During that time ranked among qualified AL pitchers in ERA (third), opponent slugging percentage (third, .306), OPS (sixth, .590), batting average (eighth, .227) and WHIP (10th, 1.10)...Threw 22 pitches of at least 100 mph in 2023, the most by an O’s starter in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008). No other Orioles starting pitcher has thrown more than one such pitch per Baseball Savant. The 22 pitches were the fourth-most among starters...Tossed a career-high 8.0 scoreless innings on 9/16 vs. TB, tied for the longest outing by an Oriole in 2023. At 23 years and 304 days old became the youngest O’s starter to work 8.0 scoreless frames since Zack Britton (23-141) tossed a shutout on 5/12/11 vs. SEA and the youngest rookie right-hander to do so since Brad Bergesen (23-257) worked 8.0 scoreless on 6/9/09 vs. SEA...Tallied at least six strikeouts in five straight starts from 8/28-9/21, the longest such streak by an O’s rookie in team history (since 1954) per the Elias Sports Bureau...Recorded a career-high nine strikeouts on 4/29 (G2) at DET. At 23 years and 164 days old became the youngest Oriole with nine punchouts in a game since John Parrish (22-241) also fanned nine batters on 7/24/00 vs. NYY...Worked 5.0 shutout innings on 4/23 vs. DET and 4/29 at DET to become the youngest O's pitcher (23-164) to toss 5.0-or-more scoreless innings in back-to-back games since Dave Ford (21-259) from 9/2-14/78 and the youngest O's starter to accomplish the feat since Jack Fisher (21-188) did so in three straight starts from 8/29-9/8/60...Made his postseason debut on 10/8 vs. TEX and took the loss after allowing five runs on six hits and four walks in 1.2 innings...Was 4-0 with a 1.96 ERA (9 ER/41.1 IP) in eight combined starts in two stints with the Tides.
2022
Began the season with Triple-A Norfolk; placed on the 7-day Injured List on 6/4 and transferred to the 60-day IL on 8/6 (right lat strain); started a rehab assignment with High-A Aberdeen on 8/31; reinstated from the IL and transferred to Double-A Bowie on 9/6 and back to Norfolk on 9/11, where he finished the season...Combined to go 6-2 with a 2.62 ERA (22 ER/75.2 IP) with 47 hits, two home runs, 28 walks, one hit batter, and 109 strikeouts in 17 starts between three levels...Earned International League Post-Season All-Star honors...Earned IL Pitcher of the Month in May after going 3-1 with a 2.25 ERA (8 ER/32.0 IP) and 20 hits, 11 walks, one hit batter, and 48 strikeouts in six starts...Named IL Pitcher of the Week on 5/30 after tossing seven scoreless innings on two hits with 10 strikeouts on 5/27 vs. Gwinnett...Exited his start on 6/1 vs. Jacksonville in the sixth inning due to right lat discomfort; missed the next three months...At the time of his injury, led the IL in games started (11), ERA (2.09), innings pitched (56.0), batting average against (.168), WHIP (0.84), and strikeouts (80); the strikeouts were 19 more than any other Triple-A pitcher; among all MiLB pitchers at the time, ranked second in strikeouts and third in ERA, innings pitched, opponent average, and WHIP...Made one rehab start for Aberdeen on 9/1 vs. Hickory (1.1 IP, H, 2 BB, K)...Threw at least 5.0 scoreless innings in five starts, all with the Tides...Struck out a Triple-A high 11 batters, tied for second-most in his career, in 5.1 innings on 5/17 at Charlotte...Made his Triple-A debut in the Tides' fourth game of the season on 4/8 vs. Charlotte...Ranked as the No. 4 overall prospect and the top pitching prospect at midseason by MLB Pipeline and Baseball America; entered the season ranked No. 6 overall and the No. 1 pitching prospect by both outlets...Added to the 40-man roster on 11/15.
2021
Participated in the team's Fall Instructional League camp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla...Named the Orioles Jim Palmer Minor League Pitcher of the Year...Led all O's Minor League pitchers with 161 strikeouts...Made 23 starts between High-A Aberdeen and Double-A Bowie, going 9-1 with a 2.36 ERA (27 ER/103.0 IP)...Promoted to Double-A Bowie on June 1 where he finished the season, going 6-1 with a 2.60 ERA (23 ER/79.2 IP) and 121 strikeouts to 22 walks...Named the High-A East Pitcher of the Month for May; named the High-A East Pitcher of the Week for the week of 5/23...Named a Baseball America Minor League All-Star...Named a 2021 MiLB.com Organizational All-Star...Ranked as the Orioles' No. 2 prospect according to MLB Pipeline's end-of-season rankings.
2020
Added to the 60-man player pool on 7/29 and participated in the team's Alternate Training Site at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie, Md...Participated in the team's Fall Instructional League camp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota, Fla... Entered the season ranked as the No. 2 Orioles prospect, according to Baseball America...Finished the year ranked as the No. 31 overall prospect Baseball America's Top 100.
2019
Finished the season as the No. 45 overall prospect in Baseball America's Top 100, and rated as the No. 2 prospect in the Orioles system in the publication's 2020 Preseason Top 10...Named the Orioles Jim Palmer Minor League Co-Pitcher of the Year (with RHP Mike Baumann) after finishing the season with Class-A Delmarva with a 10-4 record, 2.68 ERA (28 ER/94.0 IP), and a team-leading opponent average of .171 (57-for-333) while striking out a team-leading 129 batters...Named the 2019 South Atlantic League Most Outstanding MLB Prospect and a SAL Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star; made the start for the Northern Division in the 2019 SAL All-Star Game at West Virginia...Represented the American League in the 2019 SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, along with fellow Orioles prospect LHP DL Hall...Rodriguez entered the game to pitch the eighth inning with a runner at second base to begin the extra frame; he retired all three batters faced on 11 pitches to keep the game tied...Named to the Baseball America All-Star team...Named the Orioles Minor League Pitcher of the Month for April after posting a 3-0 record with a 0.54 ERA (1 ER/16.2 IP), an opponent average of .123 (7-for-57) with 28 strikeouts in three starts...Earned the season's first SAL Pitcher of the Week (4/4-14) honors.
2018
Led the GCL Orioles with a 1.40 ERA (3 ER/19.1 IP).
