The Yankees will recall highly-regarded pitching prospect Elmer Rodriguez this week, as first reported by Yankees Farm. Manager Aaron Boone tells Talkin’ Yanks that the 22-year-old righty will start Wednesday’s game against the Rangers.
Rodríguez will oppose Nathan Eovaldi in his MLB debut. The Yankees have already tabbed Cam Schlittler to go against Jacob deGrom in tonight’s fantastic pitching duel. They’d listed Will Warren as their probable starter on Wednesday. He’ll evidently be pushed back beyond Thursday’s off day and make his next outing this weekend against the Orioles.
The Yankees haven’t announced their weekend rotation plans. It seems likely they’ll go with Warren, Ryan Weathers and Max Fried in that order. Warren and Weathers will be working on two extra days of rest, while Fried will be on five days rest after starting last night.
New York has an opening on the pitching staff after optioning Luis Gil on Sunday. They called up Jasson Domínguez in conjunction with the Gil demotion, but they can return to a 13-pitcher setup by calling up a fresh arm when Giancarlo Stanton goes on the injured list today. They could recall Rodríguez today or go with a ninth reliever for tonight’s game and make another move tomorrow.
More to come.
It Begins!!!! Elmer Rodriguez is about as high profile a pitching prospect as the Yankees have…. hopefully it pans out.
Not the move, or more specifically the timing, I expected, but looking forward to his debut.
He’s no Elmer Dessens
Legendary pull
Sweet move. Gil needs to be converted to the pen. He lost 2 mph from his straight fastball and is too hittable. Hopefully in shorter bursts he can dial it up a bit
Gil is going to have to do something about his high walk rate before he can be a viable option in any capacity.
It could be mechanics, but you’re right. Either as a starter or out of the pen he needs to clean it up.
All in, IRL and Fantasy, let’s go kid!
Gil needs be traded with Jones for someone. LaGrange is next to me their 8th inning Mo for right now. Bednar can leave next year like Wettland did
Who do you suppose is interested in trading for Gil and Jones? And for what return?
He’s said to be a real glue guy.
Eh he’s mid at best.
Shhhh be vary vary quiet, he’s hunting batters…
ERC’s minor league numbers have looked good. Will be interesting to see if he holds his own against MLB competition.
If so, the Yankees can easily win the Narvaez – ERC swap from last off-season.