The New York Yankees on Monday confirmed the worst-case situation for ace pitcher Gerrit Cole.
The Yankees introduced that Cole will bear Tommy John surgical procedure on Tuesday. Cole’s prognosis was confirmed on Monday by Dr. Neal ElAttrache. The pitcher will miss the whole thing of the 2025 season.
This was the end result the Yankees feared, although they’d been hoping the surgical procedure would possibly one way or the other be prevented. Cole had elbow points within the spring of 2024 as properly that price him the primary two months of the common season, however that was definitely preferable to surgical procedure. Any hopes of the same end result this time have been dashed.
The Yankees are left with an enormous gap on the prime of their rotation, and the state of affairs is even worse with reigning AL Rookie of the 12 months Luis Gil set to overlook at the very least the beginning of the common season. New free agent signing Max Fried will seemingly have to choose up the slack, as will Carlos Rodon and doubtlessly even Marcus Stroman.
The accidents haven’t even been restricted to the pitching aspect of issues for the Yankees, as there are considerations about Giancarlo Stanton’s well being as properly.
Cole posted robust numbers for the Yankees in 2024 regardless of being restricted to 17 begins. He posted a 3.41 ERA and has clearly established himself because the staff’s ace, a standing punctuated by his AL Cy Younger season in 2023.
