Carlos Rodon's Offseason Adjustments Pay Off with a No-Hitter on Wednesday

SI's Tom Verducci breaks down the adjustments White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon ahead of Opening Day that led him to a no-hitter on Wednesday against Cleveland.

Tom Verducci | Apr 15, 2021

White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon was four pitches away from a perfect game on Wednesday night against Cleveland, Rodon hit a batter but still got away with the no-hitter. In today's SI Insider, Sports Illustrated senior writer Tom Verducci takes a look at the adjustments Rodon made in the offseason. The adjustments that, as Verducci says, made him, 'A pitcher who was non-tendered last year, to a guy with front-of-the-rotation stuff.'

Published Apr 15, 2021

TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.