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Braves Lefty Paco Rodriguez Goes Under The Knife

According to Mark Bowman Braves lefty reliever Paco Rodriguez had TJ surgery last week and will miss the 2016 season. Rodriguez was part of the three team deal that also brought Hector Olivera and Zachary Bird to the Braves.

Paco Rodriguez

As I wrote when the trade was made, Rodriguez is a 24 year old lefty power reliever who was selected in the second round of the 2012 draft by the Dodgers. Just 42 games into his minor league career he was a September call-up and performed well enough to start 2013 in the Dodger bullpen,

That season he made 75 appearance throwing 54 1/3 innings striking out 63, walking 19 while posting a 2.