A Few Good Men: 32 - Henry Rodriguez

Henry Rodriguez - Age 24 - MLB Service Time: 1.1 Years

How He Became a Nat: Acquired from the Oakland A's in a trade for Josh Willingham

The Raw Numbers:
IP- 65.2
ERA - 3.56
K- 70
WP - 14 (league leading)

The Key Stat: SO/BB - 1.56 The Nationals want that number to be closer to the 2.56 he put up in limited time with Oakland in 2010. As the Wild Pitch stat shows, he was at times Wild Thing Rick Vaughan-ian. But as the season wore on, we saw flashes of what he can be when he controls the strike zone.

Best Game: September 3rd against the Mets - H-Rod shows how dominant he can be he struck out the side on 13 pitches in the 8th inning of a one run game. If he can be this H-Rod for the majority of next season, the Nats bullpen will be filthy.

Worst Game: Tough choice...when Rodriguez was bad, he was really bad. We will go with July 23rd against the Dodgers. Over the course of 1 inning he walked three, allowed a hit and threw a Wild Pitch en route to blowing his third save of the season.

CapBall Grade - C+ He has lights out stuff. But without the mindset and consistency, it's hard to count on this young fireballer. He seemed to find his groove down the stretch. We are just hopefully it doesn't take half a season to figure it out in 2012.

2012 Nats Status: He's coming north with the team and should be the go to righty in the 7th inning.