{"id":640204,"date":"2026-04-30T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/640204\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:42:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:42:36","slug":"yankees-saw-a-lot-of-good-from-elmer-rodriguez-despite-erratic-mlb-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/640204\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees saw \u2018a lot of good\u2019 from Elmer Rodriguez, despite erratic MLB debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Elmer Rodriguez only issued seven free passes over his first four Triple-A outings this season, but the young righty was a bit erratic making his MLB debut on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez walked four batters and hit another as he worked his way through four up-and-down innings in the <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/teams\/yankees\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Yankees;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Yankees&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Yankees<\/a>\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/sny.tv\/articles\/yankees-rangers-takeaways-4-29-26\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:series finale loss to the Rangers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;series finale loss to the Rangers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">series finale loss to the Rangers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old was able to work around his shakiness at first, putting up a clean opening inning around two walks, then escaping a bases loaded jam in the second.<\/p>\n<p>He retired the next six batters he faced, but <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/teams\/texas\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a> jumped on him in the fifth.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez hit the leadoff man with a pitch then issued a seven-pitch walk, before giving up back-to-back singles to allow the Rangers to take a 2-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster was pulled after that, handing things over to <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/mlb\/players\/12727\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Brent Headrick;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Brent Headrick&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brent Headrick<\/a>, who limited the damage to close his line with just the two runs allowed on four hits and four walks in as many innings.<\/p>\n<p>While the youngster wasn\u2019t as sharp as usual, Aaron Boone thought his stuff was good.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a lot of good,\u201d the skipper said. \u201cWe saw his stuff play, I thought his mix and spinning it was good, just a little better on the strike-throwing part and it\u2019s a better line, but he still kept us in the game and gave us a chance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez agreed that he could\u2019ve executed a bit better, and he\u2019ll look to grow from his mistakes in this outing before taking the ball again his next time out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a good experience being here,\u201d he said. \u201cObviously it\u2019s my first time around, now I\u2019m just trying to learn from all of the good and the bad and just go forward and continue to work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elmer Rodriguez only issued seven free passes over his first four Triple-A outings this season, but the 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