José Rodríguez #28

Married Rafaelina M. Vargas... Attended to Cenape High School, Santiago, Dominican Republic.

2023

Combined to hit .262/.292/.437 (123-469) with 19 doubles, 21 home runs, 62 RBI, 74 runs scored and 31 stolen bases in 106 games between Class AA Birmingham and Class AAA Charlotte... Ranked among the organizational leaders in homers (second), steals (third), total bases (fourth, 205), hits (fifth), runs scored (fifth), extra-base hits (sixth, 40) and RBI (T6th)... Appeared in 63 games at second base, 26 at shortstop, eight at third and nine as the DH between the two stops... Hit .370 (27-73) with six doubles, six homers, 21 RBI, 16 runs and a 1.096 OPS in 17 games with the Barons from 5/21-6/29... Recorded multi-homer games on 5/21 at Rocket City (five RBI) and 6/17-2 vs. Tennessee (four RBI)... Was recalled from Birmingham on 6/19 … made his MLB debut as a pinch runner on 6/20 vs. Texas, scoring the game-tying run in the eighth inning … was optioned back to the Barons on 6/26... Was promoted to Charlotte on 9/1 … went 3-5 in his Knights debut on 9/2 at Jacksonville … hit a pair of home runs with three RBI on 9/17 vs. Nashville … recorded three straight multi-hit efforts to end the season (9/22-24).

Preseason Rankings: No. 6 prospect in White Sox system.

2022

Ranked among Southern League leaders in stolen bases (second, 40), triples (T2nd, six), hits (third, 123), average (fourth, .280), RBI (T5th, 68), runs scored (sixth, 75) and total bases (seventh, 189) in 104 games at Class AA Birmingham... Made 53 starts at shortstop, 43 at second base and eight as the designated hitter...Posted a .282/.353/.395 (35-124) slash line vs. LHP and a .278/.335/.443 (88-316) line with nine home runs vs. RHP... Batted .348 (40-115) with RISP, .328 (19-58) with RISP/two outs and .314 (58-185) with runners on base...Hit .307/.371/.496 (83-270) with 13 doubles, four triples, 10 home runs and 51 RBI from June-August, compared to .235/.290/.324 (40-170) with eight doubles, two triples, one homer and 17 RBI in April-May...Recorded an 11-game hitting streak from 7/7-22…batted .348/.388/.543 (16-46) with five doubles, two triples, seven RBI and 10 runs scored during the streak... Batted .319/.413/.768 (22-69) with four doubles, nine homers and 17 RBI over 17 games in August before suffering a season-ending left hand fracture on 8/20…homered in five consecutive games from 8/12-17...Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 3 prospect and Baseball America as the No. 5 prospect in the Sox system.

2021

Combined to hit .301/.338/.469 (141-469) with 27 doubles, five triples, 14 home runs, 51 RBI, 79 runs scored and 30 stolen bases over 111 games between Class A Kannapolis, Class A Winston-Salem and Class AA Birmingham... Led the White Sox organization in runs scored, hits, total bases (220) and stolen bases and ranked among the leaders in triples (2nd), doubles (4th), extra-base hits (4th, 46), average (8th) and home runs (9th)... Spent most of the season with Kannapolis, ranking among Low-A East leaders in average (7th, .283), slugging percentage (8th, .452), extra-base hits (9th, 35) and total bases (9th, 152)... Batted .307 (107-349) against right-handed pitchers and .283 (34-120) vs. lefties... Went 30-41 in stolen base attempts (73.2 percent) … recorded multiple stolen bases in a game six times, including a season-high three steals on 9/10 vs. Bowling Green... Recorded a hit in 18 of his last 20 games, going 28-82 (.341) with four doubles, one triple, three home runs and nine RBI... Played in 16 games with the Glendale Desert Dogs of the Arizona Fall League … batted .226/.273/.323 (14-62) with a double, triple, home run and 13 RBI... Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the No. 19 prospect and by Baseball America as the No. 26 prospect in the White Sox organization.