Carlos Rodón’s struggles for the New York Yankees in the 2025 postseason were sort of explained in the days following New York’s ALDS elimination, as the club announced Rodón had been battling an elbow injury that required surgery. Rodón has already, in fact, gone under the knife this offseason to remove loose bodies near his elbow and shave down a bone spur.
Suddenly, Rodón’s 9.72 ERA in 8 1/3 postseason innings (two starts) this October makes a bit more sense, but it still doesn’t change the sad fact that the 2025 postseason was supposed to become Rodón’s stage upon which to cement his repaired legacy in pinstripes … until it very much wasn’t.