The article discusses Carlos Rodón's disappointing season with the New York Yankees, contrasting it with his successful past at the San Francisco Giants. Despite having a dominant start against the Giants, a pivotal moment occurred when Jung Hoo Lee hit a three-run homer, accentuating Rodón's struggles with home runs in Yankee Stadium. Particularly noteworthy is that left-handed batters historically performed poorly against Rodón, making Lee's success unusual. The writer reflects on Rodón's previous achievements and current challenges, emphasizing the drastic change in performance post-trade.
The clouds parted as the sloping breaking ball rolled out of his hand, pinwheeling like a beach ball, and Lee didn't miss it. The 3-run homer turned a dominant outing by Rodón into a forgettable one.
After earning an All-Star appearance and top-10 Cy Young Award finish in a Giants uniform in 2022, the wardrobe swap for pinstripes has been far from slimming.
It was reasonable to expect that a Giants hitter was going to lift one out... no one would've expected that the player to deal the lethal blow was the sole lefty swing in the line-up.
Over his ten year career, left-handed batters have batted just .212 against Rodón. Make that 20 and 21 times now.
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