{"id":626873,"date":"2026-05-06T13:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/626873\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:09:08","slug":"yankees-news-carlos-rodon-to-return-from-il-elmer-rodriguez-demoted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/626873\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Carlos Rod\u00f3n to return from IL; Elmer Rodr\u00edguez demoted"},"content":{"rendered":"

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch<\/a>: After a scheduled rehab outing Tuesday, Carlos Rod\u00f3n is expected to make his next start in the majors, per Yankees manager Aaron Boone. He\u2019ll take Elmer Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s spot in the rotation, the top prospect who\u2019s made two starts in the interregnum between Luis Gil\u2019s demotion and Rod\u00f3n\u2019s activation. Fellow starter Gerrit Cole made a rehab start Tuesday as well, though Boone indicated he is still \u201ca little bit of a ways away\u201d from returning. In other injury news, Ben Rice was out of the starting lineup again Tuesday, though he hopes to be back soon, and Giancarlo Stanton has yet to resume running as he works back from a right calf strain that landed him on the IL.<\/p>\n

Although they won\u2019t need to call up Rod\u00f3n until he makes his next start, the Yankees did option<\/a> Rodr\u00edguez back to Triple-A after last night\u2019s game. This will allow them to carry an extra reliever during this week without an offday until they can move on to Rod\u00f3n \u2018s turn in the rotation.<\/p>\n

NJ.com | Randy Miller<\/a>: Monday night\u2019s victory over the Orioles doubled as a tribute to John Sterling, the beloved broadcaster who served as the Yankees\u2019 radio voice for 36 seasons. In this article, Aaron Judge reminisces about Sterling\u2019s call of his record-breaking 62nd home run in 2022, Suzyn Waldman recalls smiling upon hearing a \u201cThat\u2019s baseball, Suzyn!\u201d from the crowd after a moment of silence for her longtime colleague, and Boone expressed enthusiasm for the \u201cJS\u201d stitched into each Yankee\u2019s cap for the game. The skipper also voiced support for the team continuing to pump Sterling\u2019s iconic \u201cYankees win\u2026Theeeeeeee Yankees win!\u201d over the loudspeakers after each victory. \u201cI\u2019d love it,\u201d he said. \u201cRight on into Frank.\u201d<\/p>\n

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch<\/a>: The Yankees announced Tuesday that their uniform hats would continue to feature the \u201cJS\u201d initials in honor of Sterling through May 17th, when they face the Mets at Citi Field. The following day, their jerseys will begin featuring a custom memorial patch in his memory for the remainder of the season. The Yankees\u2019 captain also joined his manager in expressing support for the continued playing of Sterling\u2019s game-ending celebration after each victory. \u201cI think it\u2019d be a nice little tip of the cap to John and what he meant to so much of this franchise and this fan base,\u201d Aaron Judge said.<\/p>\n

New York Post | Greg Joyce<\/a>: In surprisingly unseating incumbent shortstop Anthony Volpe (at least for the moment), Jos\u00e9 Caballero has flown in the face of the underlying metrics that inform organizational decision-making. Despite posting an expected weighted on-base average of .266 \u2014 ranking in the seventh percentile across the game \u2014 his results on offense and exemplary performance defensively and on the basepaths have earned him a reprieve from the utility role which appeared a fait accompli just a couple of weeks ago. \u201cI\u2019m trying to win a battle, man,\u201d Caballero said in describing his scrappy approach. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how I win it, I want to win the battle. I\u2019m just trying to be on base, make some damage, and help my team.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if he foresees a backslide, Boone demurred. \u201cMaybe,\u201d said the Yankee manager. \u201cLook, I think he\u2019s a player. He\u2019s a gamer. You like him up there when the chips are on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB.com | Bryan Hoch: After a scheduled rehab outing Tuesday, Carlos Rod\u00f3n is expected to make his next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[99,271204,163244],"class_list":["post-626873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-sports","tag-yankees-link-roundup","tag-yankees-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}