Carlos Rodon hits possible speed bump in his Yankees injury rehab
NY Post
SEATTLE — Carlos Rodón was scheduled to begin a rehab assignment this weekend, but a tight hamstring has threatened to delay that next step.
The Yankees left-hander experienced right hamstring tightness Monday after doing his running, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday, and now the club is waiting to see whether it will affect his ramp-up toward the big leagues.
Rodón had thrown 50 pitches in a live batting practice Sunday in Tampa, clearing him to make his next outing in a game setting — likely with Double-A Somerset on Friday or Saturday — as he comes back from October surgery to shave down a bone spur and remove loose bodies from his left elbow.
“I don’t know if it’s going to slow him at all, but it could be something in the days [ahead],” Boone said before a 5-0 win over the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. “We’ll see what we have there. … He was scheduled in a few days for whatever in Somerset. We’ll see if that gets delayed at all.”
“Just felt some tightness when he came in after. I don’t think it’s that big a deal. Hopefully it’s not.”
The Yankees are not in a position to rush Rodón back, so it would not be surprising to see them take a cautious approach. They are currently operating with four starters because of multiple off days in the first two weeks of the season, with Luis Gil expected to be called up to become the fifth starter around April 10.
