The first two months of the Major League Baseball calendar are over, and the star pitcher for whom the New York Yankees paid $162 million over 6 seasons has yet to make his debut. This is Carlos Rodón, who shortly before Opening Day presented an injury to his left forearm, which has denied his first outing with the Bronx ninth.
A few weeks ago the lefty started some bullpen pitching, but last Thursday manager Aaron Boone moved him from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list, so his appearance on the mound could be delayed even further.
Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake commented for SportsNet New York that the Rodón situation will continue to be handled very calmly. “We must go step by step. He (Rodón) wants to go faster, but we explain to him so that they understand what the big picture is and not that we are just holding them back for the sake of holding them back,” she explained.
For now Rodón must continue working on his rehabilitation to debut with the Yankees this season. Last season with the San Francisco Giants he had excellent numbers, leaving a record of 14 wins and 8 losses, a 2.88 ERA and 237 strikeouts.
The injured return
A couple of weeks ago the Yankees had as many as 15 players on the disabled list and a depleted rotation that had to call on several rookies to fill the roster gaps caused by injuries.
With the return of pieces in the offense such as Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson, added to the return to the rotation of Luis Severino, the Big Apple team halved the extensive list of injured that it had recently and begins to get into the race in the fight for the East Division of the American League, where they are third, 6 games behind the lead.
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