Richard Rodriguez (RP, PIT) - Week 7 Waiver Wire Pickups

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ANALYSIS: Even after a rough outing on Saturday, Richard Rodriguez remains arguably the Pirates' best option for the ninth inning while Keone Kela is on the shelf. The 30-year-old had locked down his last two save opportunities before surrendering a walk-off home run against the Brewers, and still has an 0.87 WHIP and 18 strikeouts in 12.2 innings of work.

Rodriguez is highly proficient at missing bats and rarely issues walks. The former is important because when batters do make contact, it tends to be loud. He'll need to do a better job of inducing weak contact to be successful, but the tools are there. The opportunity is as well, since the rest of the bullpen is a mess and the biggest threat is probably a just-off-the-IL Kyle Crick.