Carlos Rodón will get the starting nod for the New York Yankees in Monday’s Game 1 of the American League Championship Series versus the Cleveland Guardians.
In addition the Game 1 starter, Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced that Gerrit Cole will start Game 2 and Clarke Schmidt is tabbed for Game 3.
Rodón allowed four runs and seven hits in the Yankees’ Game 2 ALDS loss to the Kansas City Royals, pitching 3 2/3 innings. He said he learned from the experience of getting rattled after giving up a home run to Salvador Perez following three scoreless innings.
“it brought me out of focus just a tick. I didn’t want to give up that run there and I knew that at-bat was important,” Rodón told reporters on Sunday. “It’s one of those things where if I look back, just trying to keep that focus and try to channel that energy better.”
Carlos Rodón says the Salvador Perez home run …