The Latest Breaking News from Julio Rodriguez

LOS ANGELES — What do you do when you whiff on your first swing in your first Home Run Derby?

LOS ANGELES — While brushing shoulders with his baseball heroes and savoring every bit of the All-Star experience, a buoyant Julio Rodriguez discovered that the incredibly surging Mariners are a major topic of conversation in the American League clubhouse.

The Major League Baseball All-Star Week has arrived and will kick off on Monday night with the Home Run Derby live at Chavez Ravine.

For starters, know this: It would be supremely painful. That is the only part of this whole exercise that isn't debatable.

SEATTLE — It's all out there for Julio Rodriguez.

ARLINGTON, Texas — If you listened hard enough in the stunned silence of Globe Life Field, when the earsplitting music had subsided and most of the 26,494 fans watched as a 21-year-old phenomenon they will have to endure for years to come rounded the bases, that raspy, unforgettable baritone voice…

Seattle’s 21-year-old rookie outfielder has 15 home runs on the year.

WASHINGTON — When the post-Angels brawl suspensions were first announced, and with the knowledge that appeals would probably shave off one game for each player and the Mariners could stagger them with only one player serving them at a time, there were still legitimates causes for concern.

Seattle trolled the standout rookie after his base-running blunder on Friday.

SAN DIEGO — If asked, he will happily say yes.

SEATTLE — Robbie Ray and Julio Rodriguez helped make sure the Mariners would head into the second half of their season on a roll.