TAMPA — When Aaron Bone revealed earlier this week that Luis Gil had a high-grade lat pressure that will include not less than a six-week shutdown, he talked about that the Yankees have been nonetheless getting extra opinions from docs.
That has occurred and whereas Gil’s analysis didn’t get any worse, it didn’t get any higher.
The reigning AL Rookie of the 12 months flew again to New York this week to bear a extra refined MRI than the one he obtained in Tampa over the weekend, Brian Cashman mentioned Thursday, which confirmed their preliminary learn on it.
Gil additionally obtained a PRP injection earlier than heading again to camp, however he’s nonetheless unlikely to pitch for the Yankees till June on the earliest, if not later.
“You’re talking three months we’re not going to see him,” Cashman mentioned earlier than an 8-4 loss to the Twins at Steinbrenner Area. “That’s unlucky. However it’s additionally a part of the existence of pitching. We’ll have to carry the fort whereas he’s gone.
“Thankfully, as long as we handle it right, we’ll get him back sometime in the summer. But he’s gonna be down for a long time.”
Gerrit Cole’s fastball velocity took a step up in his second begin of the spring Thursday, however with it, his command took a step again.
The outcome was permitting six runs on 5 hits over 2 ²/₃ innings in opposition to the Twins, although a very powerful factor he did was construct his pitch depend as much as 54 whereas coming by wholesome.
“I think the little extra horsepower today and little extra movement today, it was just miss or middle,” mentioned Cole, whose fastball averaged 95.7 mph and topped out at 98. “I’m not throwing some of those pitches in a game. But I’m just taking the opportunity to keep working on the fastball. I liked a lot of the characteristics of it except for the command.”
Clarke Schmidt threw 30 pitches and the equal of two innings in a dwell batting follow session on a again subject Thursday.
He’s barely behind after the Yankees gave him a while to cope with a “cranky” again, however he believes he can nonetheless be prepared to start out the season on time.
“Definitely progressing in the right direction,” mentioned Schmidt, whose subsequent motion might are available in a recreation subsequent week. “Still feel comfortable with Opening Day and excited with where I’m at, especially body-wise.”
