Rodriguez (leg) is on track to start Sunday's game against the Phillies, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
He threw a bullpen session Friday and felt no pain, so it sounds like he is healthy after getting hit on the leg by a comebacker in his big-league debut. Rodriguez, the son of Hall of Fame catcher Pudge Rodriguez, has not officially been named the starter, but that's the way things are trending. This will likely amount to a spot start unless he really impresses, as Madison Bumgarner (finger) and Jeff Samardzija (shoulder) are expected to return next week. The 25-year-old rookie notched a 3.40 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 53 strikeouts in 50.1 innings at Triple-A prior to his recent call-up. While he has the bloodlines he didn't have a notable prospect pedigree coming into 2018, but it appears he may have figured something out this year after moving from the Twins to the Giants organization.