The New York Yankees on Monday confirmed the worst-case state of affairs for ace pitcher Gerrit Cole.
The Yankees introduced that Cole will undergo Tommy John surgery 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 outcome the Yankees feared, although they’d been hoping the surgical procedure would possibly someway be averted. Cole had elbow issues in the spring of 2024 as nicely that value him the primary two months of the common season, however that was definitely preferable to surgical procedure. Any hopes of an identical end result this time have been dashed.
The Yankees are left with a giant gap on the high of their rotation, and the state of affairs is even worse with reigning AL Rookie of the 12 months Luis Gil set to miss at least the start of the common season. New free agent signing Max Fried will doubtless have to choose up the slack, as will Carlos Rodon and probably even Marcus Stroman.
The accidents haven’t even been restricted to the pitching aspect of issues for the Yankees, as there are concerns about Giancarlo Stanton’s health as nicely.
Cole posted sturdy 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.
