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“I felt it grab,” Rodon said after the game. “It felt like a cramp, then it did it again. After that it felt fine, so it was more of a precautionary type thing.”
Rodon missed the first three months of the season with a left forearm strain and has struggled since returning. He saw his ERA rise to 7.33 after giving up home runs to Jake Meyers and Yordan Alvarez on Sunday.
Rodon is in the first year of a six-year, $162 million deal he signed last winter but has made only six starts for New York.
The Yankees also reinstated right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga from the 60-day IL. He hasn’t pitched since April 5 due to inflammation in his right elbow.
In other moves on Monday, left-hander Nick Ramirez was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and right-hander Deivi Garcia was designated for assignment.
ESPN’s Jesse Rogers contributed to this story.
