Carlos Rodón delivers in first Opening Day start with Yankees in win over Brewers
Jackson Chourio is one of MLB’s fastest-rising stars, but the 21-year-old Milwaukee Brewers phenom was no match Thursday for the Yankees’ Carlos Rodón.
Jackson Chourio is one of MLB’s fastest-rising stars, but the 21-year-old Milwaukee Brewers phenom was no match Thursday for the Yankees’ Carlos Rodón.
Rodón kicked off Opening Day at Yankee Stadium with a three-pitch strikeout of Chourio, getting the sophomore sensation to swing over the top of a back-foot slider.
Two innings later, Rodón got Chourio to whiff on a 2-2 changeup.
And in the top of the fifth, Rodón went back to the slider, using it to extinguish the swinging Chourio, again on three pitches.
Three at-bats. Eleven pitches. Three swinging strikeouts.
It was that kind of afternoon for Rodón, who rose to the occasion in his first Opening Day start as a Yankee.
Rodón limited the Brewers to one run over 5.1 innings in the Yankees’ 4-2 victory to pick up the win. He struck out seven against four hits and two walks, throwing 58 of his 89 pitches for strikes.
The left-hander, 32, deployed six different pitches, including a sinker that he’s re-added to his arsenal. Rodón, who did not use the pitch in 2023 and threw it just once last year, threw 10 sinkers Thursday, recording two outs and surrendering one hit with it.
Notably, Rodón threw only 23 four-seam fastballs — a pitch he over-relied on during a summer slump last season. Thursday’s 25.8% fastball usage marked Rodón’s lowest in an outing since 2018, when he was a member of the Chicago White Sox, according to YES Network.
He threw 28 sliders and 18 changeups.
Rodón survived a scary moment in the fourth inning when he took a hard fall as he ran to cover first base on a Sal Frelick infield single.
The pitcher appeared hobbled after the bang-bang play, but after a brief meeting with the trainer, Rodón remained in the game.
Rodón then struck out the side in the fifth — a dominant inning he punctuated with his third strikeout of Chourio, who finished third in 2024 National League Rookie of the Year voting. Chourio, who hit 21 home runs and stole 22 bases as a rookie, struck out five times Thursday against Yankee pitching.
Thursday marked the second Opening Day start for Rodón, an 11-year veteran who previously pitched in the White Sox’s 2019 opener.
The Yankees turned to Rodón for this year’s Opening Day outing after ace Gerrit Cole underwent season-ending elbow surgery this month.
Rodón was expected to be the No. 3 starter behind Cole and newly signed Max Fried, who is in line to start Saturday in the Yankees’ second game.
The presence of Rodón — who is in the third season of a six-year, $162 million contract — looms even larger in Cole’s absence.
Rodón struggled with injury and inconsistency in his first season with the Yankees, pitching to a 6.85 ERA in 14 starts in 2023.
He delivered a resurgent season last year, going 16-9 with a 3.96 ERA over a career-high 32 starts.
“As rough as the first year was, that could have derailed a lot of people, but he really leaned into that,” manager Aaron Boone said before Thursday’s game.
“He owned it and he made it a point to really connect with the people he needed to connect with, from the strength and conditioning, training, pitching department. He’s talked about developing a rock-solid routine, backed by work ethic. That’s really served him well.”
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