Like the rest of the Yankees’ team, Carlos Rodón hasn’t been quite right since the All-Star break.
The hard-throwing lefty isn’t known for his command, but he’s worse than usual with the free passes of late.
Since the midsummer classic, Rodón has walked 13.4 percent of the batters he’s faced.
His 5.18 walks per nine innings is the second-highest in baseball among pitchers with at least 30 innings on the mound over that stretch behind Boston’s Walker Buehler, who was just demoted to the bullpen.
Unsurprisingly, that hasn’t led to very long outings for the left-hander.
Rodón has gone more than six innings just once over the six starts in that stretch, and he’s throwing a ton of pitches just to get through the innings he actually finishes.
In four out of his six outings, Rodón has thrown at least 90 pitches without getting out of the sixth inning in a pair of Yankees losses.
The Red Sox haven’t exactly been Murderers’ Row of late, but Rodón has struggled against them this season.
In back-to-back starts in June, Rodon gave up eight earned runs over 10 innings against Boston.
Rodón wasn’t any better versus the Bombers’ bitter rival last season, posting a 4.86 ERA over 16 ⅔ innings, albeit against a very different-looking Red Sox lineup.
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Rodón may keep them off the scoreboard, but he’s not going to make it easy on himself.
Don’t expect the southpaw to pitch deep into this one while the Yankees try to fend off a four-game sweep following Saturday’s 12-1 beatdown and a pair of tight losses Thursday and Friday.
The play: Carlos Rodon under 17.5 outs recorded (+110, bet365)
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