{"id":57215,"date":"2022-12-15T22:13:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T03:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=57215"},"modified":"2024-12-28T10:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T15:32:21","slug":"carlos-rodon-agrees-deal-yankees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2022\/12\/15\/carlos-rodon-agrees-deal-yankees\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlos Rod\u00f3n Agrees to Sign with the Yankees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Left-hander Carlos Rod\u00f3n is in agreement with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/category\/yankees\/\" target=\"_self\">New York Yankees<\/a> on a six-year deal worth $162 million per Jon Heyman of the New York Post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Rodon Yankees deal: 6\/162mm. Full no trade<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1603554652607463425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 16, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rod\u00f3n, 30, is one of the best pitchers in the sport and was the top free-agent pitcher remaining. With the way the free agent market has played out this offseason, it seemed Rod\u00f3n was in line for an even bigger contract. This deal comes out to an average annual value of $27 million per year. This is much lower than the AAV in the contract signed by the two other top pitchers in free agency, Jacob deGrom and Justin Verlander. The rumored mutual interest between the Yankees and Rod\u00f3n finally comes to fruition.<\/p>\n<h2>How Carlos Rod\u00f3n Helps the Yankees<\/h2>\n<p>Owner Hal Steinbrenner has stated that his priority was to improve the team this off-season, not just re-sign Aaron Judge. So far, the team has re-signed Judge and Anthony Rizzo, signed free agent RHP Tommy Kahnle, and is now bringing in Rod\u00f3n. In just two years, he went from DFA&#8217;d by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/category\/whitesox\/\" target=\"_self\">Chicago White Sox<\/a> to 162 million dollar pitcher. While making a career-high 31 starts in 2022, Rod\u00f3n put together the best season of his career. He posted a 2.88 ERA in 178 innings with a major-league-best 2.25 FIP and 12.0 K\/9. After finishing 5th in the AL Cy Young voting in 2021, Rod\u00f3n finished 6th in the NL Cy Young voting this past season. In his last two years combined, he has put up an outstanding 12.23 K\/9 along with a 2.67 ERA and 2.42 FIP. His 11.1 fWAR ranks 3rd in all of baseball in the last two years (min. 300 IP).<\/p>\n<p>Despite already being 30 years old, it looks like the peak of Carlos Rod\u00f3n&#8217;s career is only getting started. He brings the Yankees a high upside yet is also a proven lefty starter. Coming into the winter, the team&#8217;s rotation was one with good depth but not a whole lot of upside. Rod\u00f3n will pair up with Gerrit Cole to form arguably the best 1-2 punch of any rotation in the sport. According to YES reporter and analyst Jack Curry, the Yankees attempted to trade for Carlos Rod\u00f3n at the deadline. They feel he has the toughness and ability to thrive in New York.<\/p>\n<h2>Arguably the Best Rotation in Baseball<\/h2>\n<p>The addition of Carlos Rod\u00f3n not only deepens the Yankees&#8217; rotation but also significantly raises its ceiling. The team expects to line up some order of Cole, Rod\u00f3n, Luis Severino, Nestor Cortes, and Frankie Montas. Cortes posted a 2.47 ERA and 3.13 FIP in 2022 and might be the number 3 or 4 starter. Montas, whom the Yankees acquired at the deadline, put up a 4.05 ERA and 3.78 FIP in 2022 and profiles to be the team&#8217;s number 5 starter. With Domingo German and Clarke Schmidt serving as pitching depth, the team&#8217;s pitching staff could be as good as it&#8217;s ever been in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"P5uMOiTDRqpdzY2B13XYLQ\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1429253160\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'P5uMOiTDRqpdzY2B13XYLQ',sig:'RdXFAneiF6tFfEWpGsPlzxcpIJoMICRAhoqP4H9M57M=',w:'594px',h:'408px',items:'1429253160',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Players mentioned:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rodonca01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Rodon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/degroja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jacob deGrom<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/v\/verlaju01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Justin Verlander<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rizzoan01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony Rizzo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kahnlto01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tommy Kahnle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/colege01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerrit Cole<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/severlu01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Severino<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cortene01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nestor Cortes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/montafr02.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frankie Montas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/germado01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Domingo German<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schmicl01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clarke Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-hander Carlos Rod\u00f3n is in agreement with the New York Yankees on a six-year deal worth $162 million per Jon Heyman of the New York Post. Rod\u00f3n, 30, is one of the best pitchers in the sport and was the top free-agent pitcher remaining. With the way the free agent market has played out this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3753,"featured_media":57218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2,1071,35],"tags":[501,197,247,2262,41],"class_list":["post-57215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-featured","category-mlb","category-news","tag-aaron-judge","tag-carlos-rodon","tag-justin-verlander","tag-mlb-free-agency","tag-new-york-yankees"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}