{"id":731644,"date":"2026-06-21T09:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/731644\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T09:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T09:48:15","slug":"yankees-news-wells-rodriguez-return-in-roster-shake-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/731644\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees news: Wells, Rodr\u00edguez return in roster shake-up"},"content":{"rendered":"

New York Post | Dan Martin<\/a>: After missing the past couple of weeks with cervical headaches, Austin Wells is expected to be recalled for Sunday\u2019s game. Manager Aaron Boone said he would \u201clikely\u201d be in the starting lineup his first game back. It\u2019s been a lost season so far for the Yankees backstop, whose .533 OPS ranked fourth-worst among all regulars before he landed on the shelf.<\/p>\n

In a corresponding move, the Yankees sent down J.C. Escarra, another catcher who\u2019s struggled to get it going offensively, including while given an expanded role during Wells\u2019 absence. That leaves the right-handed Ali S\u00e1nchez, a journeyman who has appeared in eight games since the left-handed Wells went down, to serve as his backup. Even with their catching corps at full health, the Yankees are expected to seek help at the position in advance of next month\u2019s trade deadline.<\/p>\n

The Athletic | Brendan Kuty<\/a>: ($) After Saturday\u2019s loss, the Yankees announced that Elmer Rodr\u00edguez would be called up to start Sunday\u2019s series closer against Cincinnati. Gerrit Cole, who was slated to start that game, will be bumped back along with the rest of the regular rotation. The move was made to build in some extra rest during a stretch that will see the Yankees play 16 games in 16 days.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we\u2019ve been kicking around the last few days,\u201d said Boone, who emphasized that the move was not due to any issue with the 35-year-old Cole. \u201c(We) want to be pretty mindful of this as we go through the summer with a long stretch here.\u201d Reliever Jake Bird was the odd man out, getting demoted to Triple-A to clear room on the active roster for Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p>\n

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch<\/a>: The Yankees took their largest loss of the year Saturday, a 10-2 drubbing at the hands of the Reds. Will Warren, who\u2019s been as reliable as they come all year in the rotation, allowed six runs in 5.2 innings, though four were unearned. Those runs came courtesy of an error at first by Ben Rice, who failed to secure a low but catchable throw from Anthony Volpe to help kick off a big inning. A man who\u2019s evolved from role player to veteran leader was circumspect in his analysis. \u201cLet\u2019s move on and be ready to go tomorrow,\u201d said Paul Goldschmidt. \u201cThey played better than us. They beat us today. We\u2019ll be ready to go tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

MLB.com | Bryan Hoch<\/a>: Cam Schlittler tossed six scoreless innings Friday while punching out a career-high 13, dropping his ERA to 1.71 while strengthening his case as a All-Star hopeful. \u201cI think he should actually start the All-Star Game,\u201d said his teammate, Jazz Chisholm Jr. While Chisholm is prone to bombast, he may be on the money here, with Boone agreeing that the phenom may be \u201cthe best pitcher in the American League right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schlittler got some love from one of the current kings of New York, a member of the champion Knicks squad. \u201cSchlitty is the Cy Young winner hands down,\u201d posted Josh Hart during Friday\u2019s game. For his part, Schlittler is not putting the cart before the horse. \u201cIt\u2019s early. I\u2019ve got a lot to work on,\u201d he said. \u201cThe most I can do is go out there, stay healthy and consistent, and try to win this team some games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Post | Dan Martin: After missing the past couple of weeks with cervical headaches, Austin Wells…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[5,4,1690,62,2548,2547,142,42069,3881],"class_list":["post-731644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-yankees","tag-baseball","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkyankees","tag-yankees","tag-yankees-link-roundup","tag-yankees-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116787472250714986","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}