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MLB, Baseball Herren, USA New York Mets at New York Yankees Jul 26, 2023 Bronx, New York, USA New York Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon 55 reacts during the fourth inning against the New York Mets at Yankee Stadium. Bronx Yankee Stadium New York USA, EDITORIAL USE ONLY PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY Copyright: xBradxPennerx 20230726_bjp_ae5_011
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MLB, Baseball Herren, USA New York Mets at New York Yankees Jul 26, 2023 Bronx, New York, USA New York Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodon 55 reacts during the fourth inning against the New York Mets at Yankee Stadium. Bronx Yankee Stadium New York USA, EDITORIAL USE ONLY PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY Copyright: xBradxPennerx 20230726_bjp_ae5_011
The New York Yankees seemed to be bouncing back from what was earlier a pit of disappointing performances. The first five games of the month represented a hopeful future but in a turn of events on Thursday night, the Yankees knew that it was only a short-lived celebratory moment.
All was well until last night when the Yankees laid a huge egg. In the game against the Detroit Tigers yesterday, this 162 million pitcher did the Yankees no good. Calling it a disappointing performance would be an understatement.
Carlos Rodon’s honest self-criticism
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Yankees’ Carlos Rodon led the Yankees to a loss inviting nothing but boos as he left the mound to the dugout. He was not oblivious to the horror story that he just started. He took to critiquing himself, “We were on a little roll there with five straight wins. Just trying to put the next one up, and showed up and kind of p**sed the bed and was not good”.
Carlos Rodón said he got his "ass whopped" tonight.
The #Yankees SP added, "We were on a little roll there with five straight wins. Just trying to put the next one up, and showed up and kind of pissed the bed and was not good."
— Gary Phillips (@GaryHPhillips) September 8, 2023
Revealing what was actually going on, Rodon stated, “Stuff was a little down and just a little all over the place. They barreled a lot of balls. I got my a** whooped”. The season’s future seems blurry for the Bronx Bombers after how easy he made the Tigers’ win.
The 30-year-old starting pitcher gave up seven earned runs on eight hits in just 3.2 innings. Moreover, he allowed Spencer Torkelson’s first two-run homer. The New York Yankees sunk back to .500 in a 10-3 loss to the Detroit Tigers. This drew comparisons to his Tigers’ counterpart.
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Tigers’ starting pitcher
Starting somewhat better was Eduardo Rodriguez, who also quite struggled with location initially but turned out steadier than the Yankees starter. Rodriguez went for six innings allowing four walks and three earned runs on four hits. He even included a free pass to Giancarlo Stanton that came on a violation of the pitch clock.
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Rodriguez was a strong contender to the Yankees. Yet, Gleyber Torres hit his 25th homer and rookie Everson Pereira hit a two-run double. Newcomer, Jasson Domínguez faced the left-hander for the first time and went against Rodriguez 0 for 3.
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