Rodón to Start Triple-A Rehab Assignment Saturday
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- Carlos Rodón will begin a minor league rehab assignment Saturday with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, targeting close to 50 pitches as he returns from left elbow inflammation.
- Max Fried's July 22 return from a bruised left elbow offers the template — Aaron Boone said Rodón could rejoin the Yankees in a piggyback arrangement; Fried has since made three starts, throwing 57, 66, and 78 pitches.
- Rodón landed on the 15-day IL on July 3 after his velocity dipped during a June 28 start at Boston and later received platelet-rich plasma injections.
- Rodón's Oct. 15 surgery removed loose bodies and shaved a bone spur in his left elbow, with a late-March right hamstring setback at the Yankees' Florida complex further delaying his 2025 debut.
- In year four of a $162 million, six-year deal, Rodón is 4-2 with a 3.30 ERA across nine starts and was 4-0 with a 2.97 ERA in his six starts before the IL stint.
- Giancarlo Stanton joined Rodón for a roughly 40-pitch Monday session, highlighting the crowded Yankees injured-list picture.
Why it matters: Rodón was 4-0 with a 2.97 ERA in his six starts before the IL stint, making his return directly relevant to a Yankees rotation leaning on a piggyback-style plan. The $162 million contract and Fried's documented three-start progression (57, 66, 78 pitches) give the Yankees a concrete ramp-up template rather than an open-ended rehab timeline.
