The loss of Ryan Weathers, at least as a starter, places a bit more strain on each Yankees rotation member.

Including Carlos Rodón, whose on-the-fly buildup is going nicely if not completely.

Rodón was “good enough,” in his phrases, for 4 innings of an 8-3 win over the Blue Jays in The Bronx on Sunday, when he stretched out to 76 pitches.

Of that complete, just 42 were strikes and he walked a pair. Against a Toronto lineup that is recognized for its contact talents, Rodón recorded just 4 swings and misses and struck out two.

But he allowed only a pair of runs (one earned) while letting up just two hits and came away glad with his stuff and his arm as he returns from an IL stint for elbow irritation.

“It’s good,” Rodón said of his stuff, his fastball matching his season common of 94.4 mph and inducing a few whiffs with his slider. “Obviously there’s some issues I need to refine and clearly be in the [strike] zone a little more, crisper with strikes and just attacking and getting forward.

“So there’s some things I can work on.”

If next-level command is his aim, he should have a month-plus to hone it.

Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón reacts on the mound in the fourth inning as the Yankees play the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, Aug. 23, 2026, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, NY. Jason Szenes for the New York Post

Ryan Weathers pitches during the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium on August 22, 2026 in New York City. Getty Images

Sunday, he was burned by a third-inning stroll to No. 8 hitter Charles McAdoo, who raced around the bases on a Myles Straw double and then scored on a Brett Bateman sacrifice fly.

And he was burned by a potential double play that George Lombard Jr. could not convert. The younger shortstop appeared to look toward second base before gloving a exhausting grounder from Ernie Clement, and the ball bounded out of his glove. Instead of a potential frame-ending double play, the Blue Jays had the bases loaded with one out. Daz Cameron’s sacrifice fly scored a run.

“I think he’s in a really good place,” supervisor Aaron Boone said of Rodón. “I think his stuff physically is where it needs to be and hopefully he just continues to get a little bit sharper as he does build up here.”

As the Yankees moved Weathers (flexor pressure) to the injured listing, they called up Brendan Beck, who had been scratched from his begin with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday.

Yet Beck is not formally set to be part of the rotation. The Yankees are itemizing Will Warren as Tuesday’s starter and TBA on Wednesday before Gerrit Cole on Thursday.

Top prospect Elmer Rodríguez owns a 1.38 ERA in his previous 5 begins.

“We’ll see how the next several days play out,” Boone said of his Wednesday starter. “Obviously Elmer down there could factor in. Brendan Beck’s up here today.”

Clarke Schmidt, constructing up from Tommy John surgical procedure and previous a forearm challenge, is expected to throw a stay batting apply Tuesday.

If that goes nicely, Schmidt would start a rehab project that would finish with his becoming a member of the Yankees bullpen.

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Cody Bellinger went 1-for-4 with a run scored in his return.

“Felt really good,” Bellinger said after a four-week absence with a hamstring pressure. “Honestly felt 100 percent.”