The Yankees introduced a sequence of Opening Day roster strikes Thursday, with right-hander Gerrit Cole positioned on the 60-day injured record. His 40-man roster spot will go to right-hander Nick Burdi, who was beforehand reported to have made the membership.
Over latest weeks, Cole and the Yankees received an enormous scare when he was coping with some elbow points and was despatched for testing. Whereas this led to all types of panic about doable surgical procedure and prolonged absences, the eventual information ended up being on the delicate facet in comparison with these doomsday eventualities. He was identified with nerve irritation and edema and really useful for non-surgical rehab.
That’s clearly a greater end result than sitting out your entire yr or longer, however he’s nonetheless going to overlook a while. His return will depend upon how he progresses within the coming weeks, nevertheless it’s been prompt he’s at the very least a month or two away from coming again. This transfer means he’ll be ineligible to be activated till late Could, so the Yankees evidently don’t suppose he’ll have the ability to return earlier than then.
Within the meantime, the Yanks will roll out a rotation of Nestor Cortes, Carlos Rodon, Marcus Stroman, Clarke Schmidt and Luis Gil to begin the season.
