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Rodón also picked up his 1,500th strikeout along the way, so it was quite the milestone day for him. The left-hander allowed only three hits and walked none in the 96-pitch outing. It’s his first time this year completing eight innings and second time in his four seasons with the Yankees. Rodón is now 7-3 with a 2.67 ERA for the year. Manager Aaron Boone said after the game that Rodón won’t start Sunday’s finale, but he didn’t rule out having him pitch in relief. It’s unclear if Rodón will have the chance to start against Boston next week; it’ll probably come down to him or Gerrit Cole in a potential Game 3.

Rodón struck out five and walked three in the 102-pitch outing. His velocity was notably down early on before he seemed to find it in the fourth inning. This was Rodón’s 25th straight start without allowing more than three earned runs, a franchise record. Despite the performance, he was in line for the loss before the game went to extra innings, and the Yankees still lost 5-4 in 13 innings. The left-hander lines up for a big divisional showdown against the Rays next time out.

Rodón gave up two hits, walked three and struck out seven. He improved to 5-3 with the win. Rodón hadn’t completed five innings in his last three starts entering play Saturday, so his outing against the Padres was a step in the right direction. He has a 3.09 ERA. Rodón is lined up to face the Mets at home next weekend.

Rodón looked very good while allowing one run and throwing 61 pitches through four, but his defense let him down in the fifth and he seemed to let his frustrations get the best of him while walking Eli White and plunking Jahmai Jones to load the bases with two outs. Yerry De los Santos took over then and got Ceddanne Rafaela to fly out to end the threat. Rodón ended up throwing 86 pitches, which is right where the Yankees wanted him after 66 pitches in his return from the IL and 76 pitches last time out. He’s yet to complete five innings since coming back from elbow inflammation, but with any luck, that will happen next time out versus the Padres.

This obviously makes the most sense, since Fried will be coming off the IL and there’s no reason to send someone down prior to the first game, but the Yankees didn’t want to confirm anything until after tonight’s game finished.

Fried missed two starts during his second absence with a bone bruise in his elbow. Boone wouldn’t confirm the order in which Carlos Rodón and Fried will start Saturday, but it’d make sense for Fried to pitch in the second game.

Rodón struck out two while allowing two free passes. This was his second start since late June as he makes his way back from elbow inflammation. After throwing 66 pitches earlier this week, the veteran southpaw built up to 76 on Sunday. Rodón’s health became a bit more important for the Yankees after Ryan Weathers suffered an arm injury this weekend. He’s scheduled to pitch at home against the Red Sox in his next outing.

The lone run came on Coby Mayo’s homer in the third. In the second, Rodón, returning from elbow inflammation, allowed two to reach with one out before getting a likely double play ball, only for Jazz Chisholm Jr. to record no outs on the play. Rodón, though, bounced back to strike out Carlos Narváez and Jackson Holliday, with the final pitch to Holliday barely catching the corner high and outside to get overturned for a strike. Rodón threw 68 pitches tonight, which is about what was expected coming in. He should get up to 80 or so Sunday against the Blue Jays.

Rodón returns from the injured list to take the ball against the Orioles. The 33-year-old last appeared in a big league game since June 28. His activation couldn’t have come at a better time as Max Fried was just placed back on the injured list with a bone bruise in his left elbow.

Rodón returns to New York’s rotation for the first time since hitting the injured list with elbow inflammation back on July 3. The 33-year-old veteran southpaw recorded seven punchouts over 4 1/3 shutout frames for Double-A Somerset in his final rehab tune-up last week. He shouldn’t have any significant workload restrictions in his return from the injured list and should be rostered in all fantasy formats. His return bumps Will Warren back an additional day and figures to push hard-throwing southpaw Ryan Weathers into a relief role.