AB | 97 |
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AVG | .289 |
OBP | .368 |
SLG | .464 |
HR | 3 |
- Full name Rodney Green Jr.
- Born 04/12/2003 in Berkeley, CA
- Profile Ht.: 6'3" / Wt.: 190 / Bats: L / Throws: L
- School California
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Drafted in the 4th round (104th overall) by the Oakland Athletics in 2024 (signed for $1,000,000).
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School: California
Commit/Drafted: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.3
BA Grade: 50/Extreme
Tools: Hit: 40. Power: 50. Run: 60. Field: 60. Arm: 45.
Green’s tools and build are eerily similar to 2021 supplemental first-round pick and fellow California product Dylan Beavers. Green has an elite frame at 6-foot-3, 190 pounds with standout raw power and speed tools and is a career .283/.398/.549 hitter in three seasons with California. Green has a low handset with some moving parts to his swing, but he can flick the ball with ease to all fields when he makes contact—and he can do so with impressive impact potential. There are real contact questions that Green has to answer, and he owns a career 30.1% strikeout rate in college with a 33% miss rate and 24% in-zone miss rate. He might simply lack the bat-to-ball skills to be an average pure hitter, though he does make strong swing decisions, stays within the strike zone and has a career 14.5% walk rate. He’s a plus runner and eager basestealer who went 45-for-51 (88.2%) with Cal and is also a plus defender in center field who can chase down balls in the gaps with impressive athleticism. His arm is just fringy, though he should still be an impact defender given his range and glovework. Green’s power, speed, athleticism and batting eye could get him selected inside the top three rounds for a team that thinks it can help him make more contact.
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School: California Committed: Never Drafted
Age At Draft: 21.3
Both Green Jr.’s toolset and build are eerily similar to 2021 first round pick and fellow California product Dylan Beavers. Green has an elite frame at 6-foot-3, 190 pounds and in his first two seasons hit a combined .293/.391/.549 with 20 home runs and 21 doubles. Green has a low handset with some moving parts to his swing, but he flicks balls with ease to all fields with impressive raw power and walks at a solid clip despite fairly significant contact questions. He struck out north of 30% of the time in both of his first two seasons with California and faces pure hit tool questions because of that. He’s a plus defender in center field with plus speed that allows him to cover ground in the gaps though his arm is fringy. Adding more contact will be key for Green’s 2024 season and could help vault him into the first round.