A few days ago, my esteemed colleague Sean Penney wrote the following article in which he acknowledged some of the potential reasons that the 2016 variety of Eduardo Rodriguez is hardly recognizable from the 2015 version. While, I acknowledge Mr. Penney’s possible rationales for Rodriguez’s performance, along with his moderately optimistic hope that the 2015 E-Rod returns, I am far more confident for such a return.
On February 27, 2016, Eduardo Rodriguez was diagnosed with a patellar subluxation of his right knee, a temporary partial dislocation of the kneecap, in which the kneecap no longer travels centrally along the groove designed to enable smooth, pain-free motion.