{"playerId":1196,"percentChange":0,"averageDraftPosition":187.1,"percentOwned":100,"playerRaterSEASON":5.5,"playerRater7DAY":2.6,"mostRecentNews":{"news":"Through his first eight starts, Rodriguez has been much more efficient with his pitches than he was last year, averaging two and a half fewer pitches per inning, reports Brian McTaggart of MLB.com.","spin":"He threw 16.5 pitches per inning in 2011, which ranked 77th among 94 qualifiers. This year, he's averaging 13.9 pitches per inning, which ranks fourth among 118 qualifiers. It goes without saying that throwing fewer pitches per inning allows him to go deeper into games, increasing his chances of picking up wins.","date":"Fri May 25"},"fullName":"Wandy Rodriguez","seasonOutlook":{"outlook":"Oh, the perils of pitching for a probable last-place team. Wins might be difficult for Rodriguez this season; his 66 quality starts the past three seasons combined ranked 11th, but his 36 wins ranked 32nd, and in 2011 alone he ranked 36th and 58th in those respective categories. Still, he has maintained sub-4 ERAs for four consecutive seasons, meaning that he's of use in NL-only leagues or mixed formats where you can meticulously pick his matchups. Rodriguez's strength is his curveball; he has thrown it the most the past three years combined and has recorded the most strikeouts with it during that time (307). There's little reason to think he'll regress in terms of his ratios, but boy, how his prospective fantasy owners wish he had a cheaper contract so that the Astros could reasonably trade him to a more competitive team midseason.","seasonId":2012,"date":"Fri Feb 10"},"playerRater30DAY":4.7,"playerRater15DAY":3.3,"positionRank":13}