TAMPA, Fla. — Carlos Rodón would have most well-liked to breeze by his three innings of dwell batting observe on Friday afternoon, fairly than serve up 4 house runs to a bunch of Yankees Minor Leaguers. He took solace in that not one of the blasts would ever seem in a field rating.
“I’m at all times competing; I don’t need to hand over dangerous homers,” Rodón stated. “However I’m glad I gave it as much as our guys. It might make them be ok with themselves.”
Rodón tossed 53 pitches in Friday’s effort, serving up lengthy balls to Josh Breaux, Agustin Ramirez, Ben Rice and Jose Rojas. Rodón stated he had higher sequences towards the top of his session, together with two strikeouts of prime prospect Spencer Jones, whereas tinkering together with his curveball and cutter.
“The trouble was good, and I appreciated how he completed,” supervisor Aaron Boon stated. “I believe he obtained a bit of aggressive as a result of he gave up some onerous contact. His stuff is popping out very well, and the shapes are good. The metrics of all the pieces look actually good. General, it was one other good step.”
The cutter is a piece in progress this spring for Rodón, who relied totally on his fastball (60%) and slider (29%) final season, whereas additionally mixing in a curveball (6%) and changeup (4%).
“For me, I went on the market and competed, attempting to sequence pitches and work on the cutter,” Rodón stated. “I dropped within the curveball, obtained the slider form extra refined. I believe I threw two changeups and wish to throw some extra. A lot of the work was the cutter-fastball-slider-curveball combo. There’s at all times work available.”
Reserve it for laterGerrit Cole was no fan of Daniel Vogelbach’s bat flip and sluggish trot across the bases within the first inning of the Yankees’ 8-4 victory on Friday evening, providing a bemused smirk after the Blue Jays designated hitter’s two-run homer over the right-field wall.
“Yeah, what’s the day? Are we nonetheless in February? March 1st?” Cole stated. “Yeah, he loved that homer.”
Requested if he would keep in mind Vogelbach’s show in the course of the common season, Cole replied: “I don’t overlook numerous issues.”
Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated the bat flip was “within the enviornment” of competitors, however acknowledged that Cole “appeared to not like it.”
Don’t ya know?The Yankees will see a well-recognized face throughout their upcoming two-game exhibition sequence in Mexico Metropolis. Robinson Canó has signed with the Diablos Rojos of the Mexican League, who will host the Bombers for video games on March 24 and 25.
Canó, 41, final performed within the Majors with the Mets, Padres and Braves in 2022. 5 of his eight All-Star alternatives got here with the Yankees from 2005-13, a tenure that additionally featured two Gold Gloves, 5 Silver Sluggers and a World Collection championship in 2009.
Earlier this spring, Juan Soto recognized Canó as his childhood idol, revealing that Canó reached out after the Yankees traded for Soto in December.
“That’s a man who I adopted since I used to be a bit of child, and a man I wished to be like,” Soto stated. “He congratulated me and instructed me how good it’s over right here.”
