Carlos Rodón allowed two runs (one earned) across a season-high 6 1/3 innings to push the Yankees one step closer to a playoff berth on Friday.
He also extended a personal streak that stands alone among starting pitchers in Yankees franchise history.
Friday’s game marked Rodón’s 24th consecutive start in which he allowed no more than three runs and no more than one home run. No other Yankees starter has put together a streak longer than 20 games. The closest one to Rodón is Russ Ford, who strung together 20 straight starts with no more than three runs and one homer allowed from Aug. 9, 1910 until May 27, 1911.
Among all MLB starters (excluding openers) since 1900, Rodón’s streak is tied with Blake Snell for the third-longest. Snell met the criteria in 24 consecutive starts from 2023-24 while pitching for the Padres and Giants. Only King Cole (25 starts, 1910 Cubs) and Jacob deGrom (31 starts, 2018-19 Mets) own longer streaks than the one Rodón is riding right now.
Rodón, who held the Mets without a dinger Friday, has given up only 10 home runs during his streak, spanning 135 2/3 innings. Consider that before this streak, the left-hander had given up 64 dingers through his first 369 1/3 frames as a Yankee.
That improved ability to keep the ball in the park has contributed to Rodón’s stellar 2.94 ERA this season. He has a 3.05 ERA since the beginning of 2025, which ranks him 12th among all pitchers with at least 250 innings during that period. And two other members of the Yankees’ formidable starting staff are ahead of Rodón in that top dozen: Cam Schlittler (2.29, first in MLB) and Max Fried (2.81, tied for eighth).