{"id":328258,"date":"2026-08-24T10:28:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:28:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328258\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T10:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:28:33","slug":"carlos-rodon-left-with-things-to-work-on-after-good-enough-start-with-pressure-on-thin-yankees-rotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328258\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Rodon left with things to work on after ‘good enough’ start with pressure on thin Yankees rotation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The loss of Ryan Weathers, at least as a starter, puts a bit more pressure on each Yankees rotation member.<\/p>\n

Including Carlos Rod\u00f3n, whose on-the-fly buildup is going well if not perfectly.<\/p>\n

Rod\u00f3n was \u201cgood enough,\u201d in his words, for four innings of an 8-3 win over the Blue Jays<\/a> in The Bronx on Sunday, when he stretched out to 76 pitches.<\/p>\n

Of that total, just 42 were strikes and he walked a pair. Against a Toronto lineup that is known for its contact abilities, Rod\u00f3n recorded just four swings and misses and struck out two.<\/p>\n

But he allowed only a pair of runs (one earned) while letting up just two hits and came away happy with his stuff and his arm as he returns from an IL stint for elbow inflammation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good,\u201d Rod\u00f3n said of his stuff, his fastball matching his season average of 94.4 mph and inducing a few whiffs with his slider. \u201cObviously there\u2019s some things I want to refine and obviously be in the [strike] zone a little more, crisper with strikes and just attacking and getting ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo there\u2019s some things I can work on.\u201d<\/p>\n

If next-level command is his goal, he should have a month-plus to hone it.<\/p>\n

\"NewYankees pitcher Carlos Rod\u00f3n reacts on the mound in the fourth inning as the Yankees play the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, NY. Jason Szenes for the New York Post<\/p>\n

\"RyanRyan Weathers pitches during the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on August 22, 2026 in New York City. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Sunday, he was burned by a third-inning walk to No. 8 hitter Charles McAdoo, who raced around the bases on a Myles Straw double and then scored on a Brett Bateman sacrifice fly.<\/p>\n

And he was burned by a potential double play that George Lombard Jr. could not convert. The young shortstop appeared to glance toward second base before gloving a hard grounder from Ernie Clement, and the ball bounded out of his glove. Instead of a potential frame-ending double play, the Blue Jays had the bases loaded with one out. Daz Cameron\u2019s sacrifice fly scored a run.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s in a really good place,\u201d manager Aaron Boone said of Rod\u00f3n. \u201cI think his stuff physically is where it needs to be and hopefully he just continues to get a little bit sharper as he does build up here.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the Yankees moved Weathers (flexor strain) to the injured list, they called up Brendan Beck, who had been scratched from his start with Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Yet Beck is not officially set to join the rotation. The Yankees are listing Will Warren as Tuesday\u2019s starter and TBA on Wednesday before Gerrit Cole on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Top prospect Elmer Rodr\u00edguez owns a 1.38 ERA in his past five starts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see how the next several days play out,\u201d Boone said of his Wednesday starter. \u201cObviously Elmer down there could factor in. Brendan Beck\u2019s up here today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clarke Schmidt, building up from Tommy John surgery and past a forearm issue, is expected to throw a live batting practice Tuesday.<\/p>\n

If that goes well, Schmidt would begin a rehab assignment that would end with his joining the Yankees bullpen.<\/p>\n

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Cody Bellinger went 1-for-4 with a run scored in his return.<\/p>\n

\u201cFelt really good,\u201d Bellinger said after a four-week absence with a hamstring strain. \u201cHonestly felt 100 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The loss of Ryan Weathers, at least as a starter, puts a bit more pressure on each Yankees…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328259,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20,9,11,10,321,319],"class_list":["post-328258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}