The Yankees have announced that they have activated Carlos Rodón off the 15-day injured list. Right-hander Kervin Castro was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move. Rodón will start today’s game against the Brewers.
Rodón underwent surgery to remove loose bodies in his elbow in October and opened this season on the injured list to finish his recovery. He made his first rehab start near the end of April and was projected for two more before making his return to the Majors. That has now come to pass. Rodón built up to 6 1/3 innings in his most recent appearance with the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate, so he is at more or less full strength. He now steps into New York’s rotation in a mid-rotation role behind Max Fried and Cam Schlittler.
The 2025 season was Rodón’s third with the Yankees. It was easily his best with the club, as he pitched to a 3.09 ERA over 195 1/3 innings with 203 strikeouts. Rodón also increased his groundball rate by about 10% and cut back on home runs, allowing just over one per nine innings after surrendering 31 homers the year before. Altogether, Rodón’s contributions were worth 3.2 fWAR and re-established his reputation among Yankees fans following injuries and underperformance in 2023-24.
More to come.
The best rotation in MLB. Time to get creative and move some depth starter’s to the pen. Lagrange should be turned into a modern day Joba.
I sure hope he doesn’t turn into another Joba.
Haha! The early version was awesome. He was a bit of a head case. Plenty of great starters have broken in doing some time in the pen.