Latest Gerrit Cole News
Pitching injuries are forcing some less familiar names into important roles early in the season
“Next man up” is a phrase you hear a lot in football, but maybe it's time to apply it to starting pitching in the major leagues. Baseball has been overrun lately by injuries to star pitchers that are forcing teams to make contingency plans they'd have loved to avoid. Here are a...
Gerrit Cole says MLB, union bickering over pitch clock sounds like 'divorced parents'
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole faulted Major League Baseball and the players' association for bickering over the pitch clock last weekend, comparing their behavior to divorced parents. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and former member of the union's...
Welcome, newcomers: Soto, Burnes and Chapman have made strong impressions after switching teams
Corbin Burnes threw six one-hit innings in his Baltimore debut, and Matt Chapman homered twice in his second game with San Francisco. That all paled in comparison to what Juan Soto did in his first series for the New York Yankees. The Yankees opened with a four-game...
Yankees' Gerrit Cole placed on 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation
HOUSTON (AP) — New York Yankees' ace Gerrit Cole was placed on the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation ahead of Thursday's opener at Houston. The earliest the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner can pitch in the major leagues is May 27. The team announced on March 16...
Joey Votto homers on 1st pitch in 1st spring training game with hometown Toronto Blue Jays
Joey Votto sure knows how to make an instant impression, going deep on the first pitch he faced as a member of his hometown Toronto Blue Jays. The veteran first baseman lined a 392-foot homer to left-center off Philadelphia Phillies ace Zack Wheeler in the first inning Sunday in...
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole won't throw for 3 to 4 weeks due to elbow nerve irritation and edema
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole won’t throw for three to four weeks because of nerve irritation and edema in his throwing elbow. “I think we’ve determined that we just got a little too hot a little too quick,” Cole said before Saturday’s game against...
Yankees hold off discussing condition of ace Gerrit Cole's elbow
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone held off discussing the condition of ace Gerrit Cole’s elbow, saying he and general manager Brian Cashman want to speak with the AL Cy Young Award winner before making any public comments. The Yankees disclosed Monday that...
Right elbows of Cole, Giolito big topic before spring training game between Yankees and Red Sox
The topic before, during and after the spring training game between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees on Wednesday revolved around ailing right elbows. For Boston, the news wasn't a complete surprise with righty Lucas Giolito likely done for the season following surgery. It...
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to see specialist Dr. Neal ElAttrache for additional tests on right elbow
TAMPA, Fla (AP) — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole traveled to Los Angeles on Wednesday to see specialist Dr. Neal ElAttrache for additional tests on his right elbow. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he has no timetable for how long Cole will be sidelined. “I...
Yanks' Judge confident on playing opener, Rays' Bradley scratched, Reds' Montas to start opener
Aaron Judge says he’s pretty sure discomfort in his abdomen that sidelined him this week won't cause him to miss the New York Yankees' March 28 opener at Houston. The 31-year-old said he started to feel discomfort on the follow-through of his swing about a week ago. He last played...
