Julio Rodriguez

J-Rod roped an RBI single to score Victor Robles in his final at-bat of 2024. It was an uneven season for the 23-year-old, but an uneven season that saw him hit 20 homers and steal 24 bases despite missing a month of the year with his ankle injury. You'd like to see more consistency, but the highs of Rodriguez compete or beat all but a select few. He should still be a first-round pick in 2025.

It's his sixth in his last 12 games. Rodriguez hit 28 and 32 homers in his first two seasons, but 20 still seems like an accomplishment after all of his issues this season. At age 23, he's already turned in three 20/20 seasons in his young career.

Rodriguez was a consensus top five pick in drafts, remember that? Well, it was easy to forget in the first five months of the season. Rodriguez is 40-for-107 (.373) with eight home runs, 23 RBI and six stolen bases in his last 24 games. It's basically just a hot month, but it's enough to job the memory of what Rodriguez can be when everything is clicking.

Robles has been dealing with a hand issue and didn't start Saturday's win over Texas, although he did make an impact with a steal late in the contest He'll hit leadoff with a chance to steal more bags and get driven in by a red-hot Julio Rodriguez against southpaw Andrew Heaney.

Dunning was making a spot start with Max Scherzer placed on the 15-day injured list, and things got off to a rocky start as he gave up a solo homer to Julio Rodriguez on the first pitch. He dealt with consistent traffic from that point on, but only gave up the one run. Dunning has flashed the ability to be a fantasy streamer, but there's many more outings like this over his short career. Too many to trust him, anyway.