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How Yankees Pitching Prospect Elmer Rodriguez Performed in MLB Debut

Minor League Baseball On SI·Justin Binkowski·about 1 month ago
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One of the New York Yankees' top pitching prospects made his highly anticipated major league debut on Wednesday. Right-hander Elmer Rodríguez, New York's No. 3 prospect for 2026 on MLB Pipeline , was called up from the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders to make his first MLB start against the Texas Rangers. The young hurler was seemingly dealing with the usual emotions and jitters associated with a big league debut, though. The 22-year-old didn't have his typical command on Wednesday, walking four batters and plunking another in his four innings of work. Only 42 of his 80 pitches thrown were strikes. Rodríguez finished his MLB debut by giving up two runs on four hits and four walks, while striking out three Rangers in four innings of work. He left the game in the fifth inning with runners on first and second and nobody out, but Yankees reliever Brent Headrick came in and retired the next three hitters to prevent any further damage to the rookie's final pitching line.…

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