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Yankees ace Gerrit Cole throws 15 fastballs in first bullpen session since injuring elbow

May. 04, 2024 12:26 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole threw 15 fastballs in a bullpen session Saturday, marking his first time off the mound since getting injured in spring training. After making some tosses at various distances in the outfield, Cole said he averaged 89 mph in a session that was...

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to throw off mound Saturday for first time since elbow injury

May. 03, 2024 19:00 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is scheduled to throw off a mound Saturday for the first time since getting injured in spring training. “Whether that's a full bullpen or what exactly that looks like, we'll see,” New York manager Aaron Boone said before Friday night's...

Yankees pitcher Luis Gil gets 2nd big league win, 993 days after beating Orioles in debut

Apr. 21, 2024 19:09 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — On the 993rd day after Luis Gil won his major league debut, he got win No. 2. Now 25 and nearly two years after Tommy John surgery, the right-hander struck out a career-high nine over 5 2/3 innings Sunday in the New York Yankees' 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays....

Pitching injuries are forcing some less familiar names into important roles early in the season

Apr. 15, 2024 09:27 AM EDT

“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'

Apr. 08, 2024 16:42 PM EDT

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

Apr. 01, 2024 08:12 AM EDT

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

Mar. 28, 2024 14:34 PM EDT

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

Mar. 17, 2024 23:05 PM EDT

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

Mar. 16, 2024 14:03 PM EDT

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

Mar. 15, 2024 19:20 PM EDT

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...