Carlos Rodon has allowed three or fewer earned runs in 10 of 16 starts this season. He has allowed a maximum of two earned runs nine times in 2016.
Yet as he heads into the All-Star break, the young White Sox pitcher does so with a 2-7 record and a 4.50 ERA in 92 innings. He has pitched better than his numbers would indicate and yet, as he endures the final stage of his development, Rodon hasn’t seen the results. In short, it has been a trying first half for Rodon, who was selected third overall in the 2014 amateur draft.