Carlos Rodón didn’t make a great first impression in pinstripes. Signed to a six-year free agent deal before the 2023 season, the left-hander was coming off a 237-strikeout campaign and expected to slot behind Gerrit Cole as a formidable duo atop the Yankees’ rotation. Instead, he missed the season’s first three months with multiple injuries and, upon his return, was nothing like the two-time All-Star who had shone in Chicago and San Francisco. The 30-year-old got badly exposed, going 3-8 with a 6.85 ERA and punctuating his season with an unthinkable showing in which he was charged with eight runs and failed to record an out.

Rodón bounced back reasonably well in his second year in New York, winning 16 games for a pennant-winner. Still, his 3.96 ERA was a far cry from the 2.67 mark he reg

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