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Scouting Report
Updated May 19, 2026
Carlos Rodón has been activated off the 15-day injured list after undergoing elbow surgery in October to remove loose bodies and shave a bone spur. He completed three minor league rehabilitation starts, building up to 6 1/3 innings in his final appearance with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Rodón is expected to rejoin the Yankees rotation in a mid-rotation role. In 2025, he posted a 3.09 ERA over 195 1/3 innings with 203 strikeouts and improved his groundball rate while reducing home runs allowed. He is stepping back into the rotation behind Max Fried and Cam Schlittler.
Strengths
- + Successful return from elbow surgery
- + Built up to full strength in rehab (6 1/3 innings)
- + Strong 2025 season (3.09 ERA, 203 K, 3.2 fWAR)
- + Improved groundball rate by ~10%
- + Reduced home runs allowed significantly
- + Three-time All-Star
- + Yankees rotation leading MLB with 3.01 ERA
Weaknesses
- - Late March hamstring tightness setback during spring training
- - Missed entire 2026 season to date recovering from surgery
- - May not pitch at 2025 levels immediately upon return
- - Allowed 6 runs (5 earned) in final rehab start
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