Yankees' Carlos Rodón struggles in 2026 debut, Brewers win on Brice Turang walk-off homer
Rodón missed the first month of the season while recovering from surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow.
The New York Yankees’ already formidable starting rotation added a significant left arm on Sunday with Carlos Rodón making his first start of the 2026 MLB season. Unfortunately, it was a season debut to forget for the 12-year veteran. Rodón only gave up two hits in 4 1/3 innings, but allowed three runs with five walks in a 4-3 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Brice Turang’s home run off a first-pitch curveball from David Bednar in the ninth inning gave Milwaukee its second walk-off win against the Yankees in two days. The Brewers also won 4-3 on Saturday in 10 innings on a sacrifice fly by William Contreras. A MOTHER'S DAY WALK-OFF BLAST BY BRICE TURANG https://t.
co/W4qwD7B3C7 pic. twitter. com/wiClJ3c1vt — Milwaukee Brewers (@Brewers) May 10, 2026 Rodon, 33, missed the first month of the season while recovering from surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow performed in October.
The Yankees gave him a lead early on with Aaron Judge hitting his 16th home run of the season in the first inning, followed by a Spencer Jones RBI single to score José Caballero in the second. Carlos Rodón threw two 97 MPH pitches in his first inning of the season. He only threw 13 of them all last year Rodón's 97.