Yankees ace and reigning American League Cy Younger winner Gerrit Cole is headed for an MRI on his proper elbow, supervisor Aaron Boone instructed reporters Monday morning (X hyperlink by way of Newsday’s David Lennon). Cole hasn’t been recovering as effectively between throwing classes and can get his elbow checked out to find out if there’s an harm at play. The imaging will happen immediately.
Boone didn’t present extra particulars. The group’s stage of concern relating to a possible critical harm isn’t clear, although imaging carried out on any pitcher’s elbow is an ominous signal. That’s notably true in a Yankees rotation that may unwell afford to lose its ace. Granted, no crew is constructed to resist the lack of a reigning Cy Younger winner, however the rotation behind Cole is stuffed with a sequence of query marks.
The primary season of Carlos Rodon’s six-year, $162MM contract with the Yankees performed out in disastrous vogue. After a dominant two-year run between the White Sox and Giants from 2021-22, Rodon was restricted by accidents in 2023, logging simply 14 begins (64 1/3 innings) and yielding a grisly 6.85 ERA with strikeout and stroll charges that each trended closely within the unsuitable path (22.4% and 9.8%, respectively — down from 33.9% and seven.1% within the two seasons prior).
The Yankees picked up Marcus Stroman on a two-year, $37MM contract this offseason to assist solidify the rotation, however he’s coming off an injury-marred season of his personal. Stroman was within the NL Cy Younger dialog with a powerful first few months of the ’23 season earlier than being rocked in July and positioned on the injured record on account of a hip harm. Whereas rehabbing, he was recognized with fractures in his rib cartilage that additional slowed his return to the mound. He made it again for 4 appearances late within the season however didn’t pitch notably effectively. After carrying a 2.88 ERA by way of his first 20 begins, Stroman pitched simply 18 extra innings on the season and was lit up for 26 runs (22 earned) in that point.
Extra to come back.
