CBS Sports: On Saturday, the Yankees made the decision to recall Elmer Rodríguez in light of putting Max Fried on the injured list. However, Rodríguez will also now be starting this afternoon’s game in place of Ryan Weathers. There’s no additional injury to Weathers to worry about, as he’s now penciled in to start Monday instead.
CBS Sports: In other rotation news, Gerrit Cole was in action on Friday, making a rehab start in Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Things went pretty well for him there, as he struck
out six while allowing one run in 5.1 innings. Cole has climbed the organizational ladder in his last three rehab starts, pitching progressively better after a poor outing to start the month with Hudson Valley, and is nearing the end of his time in the minors at long last. The team is expected to send him out for one more start before recalling him, assuming the outing goes smoothly.
New York Post | Dan Martin: Spencer Jones’ first week or so in the big leagues hasn’t produced eye-popping numbers so far. However, he had arguably his best game so far in Friday night’s Subway Series opener, singling twice and driving home a run. (He also unintentionally broke Clay Holmes’ tibia with a liner.) He and the Yankees believe that’s more of a sign of things to come.
The Athletic | Chris Kirschner: Not to say that having to put Fried on the IL doesn’t hurt, but having a homegrown apparent ace around in the form of Cam Schlittler certainly helps. Schlittler continued his impressive run on Friday night with another excellent game against the Mets, leaving even his teammates awed. He just barely missed out on setting a franchise record for lowest ERA through 10 starts in a season, falling just short of Phil Niekro’s 1.20 mark in 1984, but his 1.35 ERA will sure do for this staff.
