Carlos Rodón (elbow) close to facing hitters

Rodón has been out for two weeks with elbow inflammation, so it’s certainly good news that he has already begun to throw. However, there are many steps to go before he’s back on the mound with the Yankees. We saw Mick Abel land on the injured list with a similar injury earlier this season, and he was even able to make multiple rehab starts before the injury cropped up again and required surgery. We’re hopeful Rodón can avoid that same fate, but the Yankees will be cautious with their left-hander, who also had surgery this offseason to remove bone spurs from his elbow.

Not great. We’d seen no sign of Rodón being hurt in his last start, so hopefully this is something that just needs to be managed rather than something that could lead to surgery. More updates to come, assuredly. Rodón had a 3.30 ERA in nine starts so far this year, striking out 52 and allowing just 32 hits in 46 1/3 innings pitched.

The one hit, a little liner from Caleb Durbin that dropped in front of the center fielder, unfortunately followed a walk and an Oswaldo Cabrera error in the fourth. Rodón did walk four batters in all and threw 96 pitches in five innings, so even after a quick fifth, he didn’t come back out for the sixth. He still hasn’t thrown more than six innings in any of his nine starts this year, but he also hasn’t allowed more than three runs in any of them. He’ll take a 4-2 record and a 3.30 ERA into a home start against the Twins next weekend.

Rodón gave up six hits, walked two and struck out five. He improved to 4-2 with the win. Rodón gave up two runs in the third inning on a wild pitch and a two-out RBI single by Dillon Dingler. He gave up another run on back-to-back doubles in the sixth inning. Rodón has a 3.70 ERA and 3.88 xFIP in 41 1/3 innings over eight starts this season. He’s lined up to face the Red Sox on the road this weekend.

Facing off with the team who drafted him, Rodón did well to work around plenty of hits. The only blemish against him wound up being a three-run home run from Colson Montgomery. Otherwise, he fought through spotty command by missing tons of bats. In all, he forced 13 swings-and-misses with his fastball, slider, and changeup each inducing at least three. On the season, he has a 3.50 ERA, 41 strikeouts, and 20 walks across 36 innings since coming off the injured list. He’s scheduled for a two-start week coming up against the Tigers and Red Sox with both starts on the road.

Rodón gave up a leadoff homer to Angel Martínez in the first. The other runs came in the fourth, when Rodón issued two of his three walks of the day and then gave up a double to Austin Hedges. Rodón finished up nicely from there, retiring the final eight batters he faced. He’s 2-2 with a 3.19 ERA, and he’ll see his old friends the White Sox next time out.

Only two batters actually notched a hit against Rodón, including an RBI single off the bat of Stuart Fairchild in the fourth inning. Rodon got whiffs on 38 percent of swings against him, with his velocity playing close to a mile per hour up from his seasonal average. An unfortunate no-decision here, but Rodón should be started with confidence against the Guardians in a run-it-back start next week.

It’s the first win of the season for Rodón. The southpaw’s only run allowed came in the first inning on a solo homer by Nick Kurtz. Rodón was far from dominant after with just three strikeouts, but he was able to keep the A’s from doing damage in the Triple-A park, and lowered his ERA to 3.32 in the process. So far Rodón has looked the part since coming off the injured list, and he’ll look to keep it going against the Guardians on Thursday.

The 33-year-old southpaw punched out seven batters on the evening while issuing three free passes. The lone tally against him came in the opening inning as Daulton Varsho doubled home Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Unfortunately, the Yankees couldn’t scratch out a single run of support for him and Rodón ended up with a loss despite the strong effort. He piled up 18 swings and misses on 95 pitches on the night — nine on his fastball — while posting a CSW of 32 percent. He now sits at 0-2 with a 4.15 ERA, 1.46 WHIP and a 17/11 K/BB ratio over 13 innings through his first three starts on the season. His next test will come on Tuesday against the Royals in Kansas City.

Rodón did strike out six despite seeing his fastball being down to 94.8 mph on average compared to the 95.7 he sported in his debut last weekend. The left-hander saw two runs score on a wild pitch — yes, two runs on the same wild pitch — and he walked three while throwing 55-of-88 pitches for strikes. Rodón’s stuff looked fine, but the command was a good ways off in this one. He’ll be back on the bump Thursday against the Blue Jays.