LOS ANGELES — There was no doubt the Yankees, who had time to arrange their rotation as they wished, would begin the World Series with Gerrit Cole .
There was more wonder about how the rest of the rotation would shake out, but the Yankees have settled on Carlos Rodon for Game 2 and Clarke Schmidt for Game 3.
Rodon will get the ball Saturday, he confirmed, and will oppose Yoshinobu Yamamoto at Dodger Stadium.
The Yankees could have flipped Rodon to Game 3 in The Bronx — where Rodon has been a stronger pitcher — and bumped up Schmidt for the road start, but they elected against it.
It will be Rodon, the $162 million man, for Games 2 and likely 6 in what has been an up-and-down postseason.
The lefty was too amped up for Game 2 of the NLDS in a loss to the Royals, bounced to throw six innings of one-run ball in a win over the Guardians before coming back in Cleveland for the Game 5 victory, in which he let up two runs in 4 ²/₃ innings.