The New York Yankees will open up their AL Division Series matchup against either the Royals or the Orioles on Sunday. They will obviously be going with their ace, Gerrit Cole. However, they announced on Wednesday that they will be going with former NC State pitcher, Carlos Rodon, for Game 2 on Monday.
He was in contention to start Game 2 with Luis Gil and Clarke Schmidt, but Schmidt is just coming back off of inury and Gil has been erratic down the stretch. Meanwhile, Rodon has been solid.
Rodon hasn’t given up more than 2 runs in any of his previous 5 starts and has 34 strikeouts over that span.