The Yankees absolutely needed to land pitching prodigy Carlos Rodon, and it’s not only to keep up with the crosstown Cohens.
, and it’s not only to keep up with the crosstown Cohens. Rodon was the only real hope remaining to give them a second ace to go along with Gerrit Cole. To match the better teams, a dynamic one-two punch is almost a necessity now. Rodon is left-handed, which still works much better in Yankee Stadium, where the short porch even bedevils a great right-hander like Cole.
There were hints of a potential trade, but for who? There’s almost no one viable who was available beyond some kids in Miami — Pablo Lopez, Jesus Luzardo and Edward Cabrera. Sure, we can verify: those are three arms. But they are no Rodon, who resurrected his career like almost no one before him, posting a 2.88 ERA, making the All-Star team and earning some Cy Young votes for a second straight season in 2022 in a very deep field.
They had to bring back Anthony Rizzo, and did that, fairly reasonably by this winter’s standards on a two-year, $40 million deal. And they absolutely had to have AL home run record-holder, Aaron Judge, the face of the sport as well as the team. Same goes for Rodon, and by the way, Judge gets an assist on this one, as he suggested to managing partner Hal Steinbrenner in one of their multiple meetings that he’d like to see some improvements.
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