Mariners Prospect Brock Rodden Ready To Put Injury-Plagued 2025 Behind Him

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — After having his 2025 season interrupted by three different stints on the injured list, Seattle Mariners prospect Brock Rodden is building upon the positive moments of his start-and-stop campaign and putting his time on the shelf in the rearview mirror.

Rodden, ranked 22nd among Seattle’s prospects by MLB.com and a prospect to watch by Just Baseball, missed more than two months in the middle of the 2025 campaign with an oblique injury. Coming back from the oblique issue, he was active for less than a month before a broken hamate bone ended his season on August 15.

In all, it was a somewhat lost season for the 25-year-old Rodden, a fifth-round pick of the Mariners in the 2023 draft. However, when healthy, Rodden showed flashes of what he could be for Seattle, slashing .295/.356/.466 in 146 Texas League at-bats. At the time of his injury, his .822 OPS was second among Arkansas players with at least 150 plate appearances.

“I was just being the aggressor, trying to be on time early in the count, trying to hammer a fastball, not getting too deep into counts, and then trying to hit the pitcher’s pitch,” Rodden said of what was working with the Travelers. “You know, I try to try to pride myself on being a hunter early in the count and being ready to go early.”

Now healthy and trying to make up for lost time with the Peoria Javelinas in the Arizona Fall League, Rodden stood outside the visitors’ dugout and flashed a smile on a 92-degree day in Scottsdale.

“You always hate to get hurt, but it makes you really appreciate the game, especially coming back,” Rodden said. “I was just smiling the whole time that first game back. I didn’t care what I did. I was just happy to be back on the baseball field. The sun was shining, so it was a good day.”

There have been plenty of good days here in Arizona for Rodden, who has been solid for the Javelinas as October comes to a close. Through his first 35 at-bats, Rodden was slashing .314/.368/.400 with five RBI. He had also stolen seven bases, good enough for second on the team.

In addition, he’s providing solid defense at second base, something that shouldn’t come as a surprise considering he earned a Rawlings Gold Glove in 2024, splitting time between High-A Everett and Double-A Arkansas.

“My dad always told me, whenever I was younger, you better be able to make the routine play,” Rodden said. “He instilled that in me, to just make the routine play. You’ll make the great play every now and then. But as long as you are making the routine play consistently, you’re going to be fine.”

As the AFL winds down, Rodden is already looking ahead to when he reports to Mariners camp for spring training. He has already accomplished his goal for the fall of getting in some of the at-bats he missed in Arkansas and prepping for what he hopes will be a move up the organizational ladder in 2026.

“Just getting some at-bats, that was my biggest thing after missing so many games this year,” Rodden said. “I really needed to get some at-bats back under my belt a little closer to spring training. So hopefully that will carry over into spring training and I’ll have a good spring.

“I’m just enjoying my time out here with these guys and getting to know everybody. It’s been a special time.”

It’s also been a time in which Rodden has used his moments with Javelinas teammates from the Baltimore Orioles, Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins and San Diego Padres organizations to learn some of their best advice that can help him in 2026 and beyond.

“You definitely brainstorm. You talk to different guys and you get to know them and see what their routines are,” Rodden said. “I think that’s the biggest thing for me, is trying to learn different guys’ routines, see how they get ready to go, see what they do in the cage and how they handle pregame stuff. I try to take small things away that might improve my game.”