PEORIA, Ariz. – Julio Rodriguez has The Look.
It goes beyond his 6-foot-4, 225-pound physique, a body straight out of five-tool central casting. It even goes beyond his obvious baseball skills, which are on display here in the Arizona Fall League but, Rodriguez promises, are headed on the bullet train to T-Mobile Park.
No, it’s more about the charisma that Rodriguez exudes, a winning combination of charm, eagerness and confidence. Look at Rodriguez, who at age 18 has set for himself the loftiest of goals imaginable and mapped out his path to achieving them, and you see the future of the Mariners.