{"id":152419,"date":"2022-12-09T03:36:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T03:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-yankees-are-now-targeting-carlos-rodon-in-mlb-free-agency\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T03:36:02","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T03:36:02","slug":"why-yankees-are-now-targeting-carlos-rodon-in-mlb-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/why-yankees-are-now-targeting-carlos-rodon-in-mlb-free-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Yankees are now targeting Carlos Rodon in MLB Free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"
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SAN DIEGO \u2014 The Yankees are targeting Carlos Rodon following the record Aaron Judge deal for a variety of reasons, such as: <\/p>\n

one. <\/strong>they understand they still need to close the gap with the Astros; <\/p>\n

2. <\/strong>They desire to please Judge, who’s told them he’d love to see some improvements (why not!); <\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> they’d love another star for the rotation and also a lefty; <\/p>\n

The Yankees are targeting Carlos Rodon. <\/figcaption>
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4.<\/strong> They believe the Miami native Rodon desires to be in New York, or at least east, and; <\/p>\n

5. <\/strong>They actually relish Rodon’s tough-guy rep, as they don’t mind adding a little more edge to the clubhouse (a la Josh Donaldson), and figure Judge \u2014 who’s set to become captain \u2014 can control things. <\/p>\n