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Carlos Rodón hasn’t yet been the impactful starter the Yankees were hoping for when they signed him to a six-year, $162 million contract after the 2022 season.

Last year, the 31-year-old southpaw dealt with injuries that limited him to just 14 starts — and he went 3-8 with a 6.85 ERA.

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But Rodón’s former teammate, Lance Lynn, is optimistic about the veteran starter’s upcoming 2024 campaign.

“Knowing Carlos and knowing when Carlos is in a good headspace, and when he feels good and doing his thing, my man is one of the best competitors that you can have,” Lynn, who played with Rodón on the White Sox in 2021, said on “Foul Territory” Thursday. “We all know that New York is a different beast. I think that you see a lot of guys kind of take that next step Year Two when you get there. He had a bad start and he was hurt to start the year, trying to come back trying to do this and that, it was just things snowballed on him. And I think when things snowball on you and you just signed $160 million deal and all that, you feel the pressure. But he wants to be great.

“He’s put every effort that he can do a rebound from that. … My man is a bulldog on the mound. And you know if he’s right, he’s he’s one of the best lefties in the game, for sure.”

We already knew about the reported offer from the New York Yankees to reigning National League Cy Young winner Blake Snell. Now? We know more about what the pitcher himself wanted.

We already knew that the New York Yankees offered free agent pitcher Blake Snell a six-year deal worth $150 million this offseason.

Now, we know more about what Snell countered with, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today:

– Spring training is less than three weeks away but Cody Bellinger and J.D. Martinez still have not received a formal contract offer. Two-time Cy Young award winner Blake Snell’s lone offer was a six-year, $150 million deal from the New York Yankees after Snell requested $270 million over nine years.

A few things to consider here:

1) Yoshinobu Yamamoto got $325 million this offseason after never having pitched in Major League Baseball, so big money for pitchers is clearly there. It’s understandable that Snell wants big money given where he’s at in his career, but he seems unlikely to get close to that asking price.

Also, recent big money deals for veteran pitchers haven’t worked out great. Chris Sale’s deal with the Red Sox was a disaster and he was just traded to the Braves. Carlos Rodon barely pitched in year one of a six-year deal last year with the Yankees and Jacob deGrom was hurt yet again in 2023 and will miss most of 2024. Robbie Ray also will end up missing at least a year and a half after signing a five-year deal before the 2022 season. Teams are certainly leery of big money deals for pitchers, and nine years? That fear is justifiable.

2) Back to Snell, rumors have indicated that he wants to play for his hometown Seattle Mariners, but they appear unable to get close to anything in the ballpark for his services.

He is coming off a year in which he went 14-9 with a 2.25 ERA for the San Diego Padres. He won his second Cy Young Award, having also won the AL Cy Young award in 2018 as a member of the Tampa Bay Rays.