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Whether you call him J-Rod, Johnny Rocket, or "one of those Memphis guys," Rodriguez did play in 56 games this year, so he deserves a Player Watchability Factor.

ONFIELD

1. Defense
   i. Hustle (10) He really tried. 8 points.
   ii. Agility (14) Decent. 11 points.
   iii. Catcher (5/0) N/A. 0 points.
   iv. Awareness (8) Errrrr.... 5 points.
   v. Defensive Stance (8) Not too bad. 8 points.
   vi. Pitching Face/Post-strike out (5/0) N/A. 0 points.
2. Offense
   i. Hustle (10) Oh dear. Well, let's chalk up those baserunning blunders to rookie enthusiasm. 6 points.
   ii. Batting Stance/Face (12) There was something a little off-putting in his stance. I can't pinpoint it, though. 8 points.
   iii. Power & Average (12) He started handling breaking pitches better towards the end of the year. And he did have five home runs in 149 ABs. 9 points.
   iv. Pitcher's bunting ability (5) N/A. 0 points.
   v. Selflessness (14) Do you want to me a selfish rookie on a team with Albert Pujols? Me either. 14 points.
   
3. Dugout/Clubhouse
   i. Press Conferences/Interviews (8) Nuke LaLoosh after lessons with Crash Davis. 6 points.
   ii. Quotes (8) He did those little articles on the official site during the post season. 7 points.
   iii. Chatty (8) Sure. 7 points.
   iv. Fights (6) I think he would be right in there, but have no evidence of this. 3 points.

OFF FIELD

1. Personal Hygiene (16) Good. 14 points.
   
2. Commercials (local) (8) No. 0 points.
   
3. Commercials (national) (10) No. 0 points.
   
4. Commercials (MLB) (10) No. 0 points.
   
5. Dress (10) I have no idea. 5 points.
   
6. Rumors (6) Nope. 0 points.
   
7. Awards (6) Nope. 0 points.

So that's 111 points for He Who Needs A Nickname We Can All Agree On. Or we could just call him Rodriguez. I'd be happy to have him as a left handed batter off the bench next year; could do a lot worse.