CLICK FOR MORE: Mariners will play 13 national TV games during the 2026 regular season<\/a><\/p>\n “I do think that [Rodriguez] will figure it out and start to put it all together,” Morosi stated<\/a> on a recent episode of Wyman and Bob. “He’s so talented, and he’s still only 25. I know that we’ve talked about his age before; you look at the top prospects list, and there are some 23-year-olds on it. Julio’s 25, and he has all this time already in the big leagues.”<\/p>\n Is J-Rod ready to be the Most Valuable Player? Sep 20, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Seattle Mariners center fielder Julio Rodriguez (44) hits a single during the fifth inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-Imagn Images | Troy Taormina-Imagn Images<\/p>\n So, what’s the final verdict on Julio Rodriguez<\/a> in 2026? Is this the year he goes from great to spectacular in the eyes of fans and (most of all) the MVP voters? Morosi indicated that he thinks it’s J-Rod’s time — provided he can maintain his patience and consistency.<\/p>\n “I think at times, through no fault of his own, Julio tried to force the results,” Morosi added during the discussion. “He didn’t seem to do that as much last year, down the stretch. He kind of just let the game come to him and let his talent take over.”<\/p>\n “I may be wrong, but I think he’s solved those times when he was a little inconsistent. And, I think we’re going to see a better wire-to-wire season from him. By the way if he puts together that wire-to-wire year? Then, he’s going to win an MVP.”<\/p>\n More Seattle Mariners News & OpinionsMLB Writer says Mariners fans shouldn’t worry about recent prospect ranking<\/a>Mariners legend Felix Hernandez gets closer to Cooperstown, but no call yet<\/a>Mariners closer Andres Munoz should be set for a career year in 2026<\/a>Did the Cardinals just give the Mariners an ultimatum regarding Brendan Donovan?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During this offseason, MLB.com released some early outlooks for the upcoming season. In the course of their prognostications,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-435825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Julio](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/01kfpav2c3ahf49p0jdw.jpg\" "\\"Julio")
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