New York Yankees superstar ace pitcher Gerrit Cole is arguably the top pitcher in all of Major League Baseball entering the 2024 season after winning the American League Cy Young Award last year. But it sounds like he is facing a pretty brutal injury situation.
On Monday morning, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced that Gerrit Cole was undergoing an MRI on his right elbow as a result of a potential injury.
“Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will have an MRI on his right elbow, manager Aaron Boone told reporters today. Cole is coming off winning the American League Cy Young Award and has had difficulty bouncing back between spring training starts, Boone said,” MLB insider Jeff Passan said in a post on X, the social media website that was formerly known as Twitter.
Obviously, we will not know the extent of the injury until after the MRI, but this obviously isn’t a great sign for one of the top players in the entire league.
If Cole is out for any extended time, there’s a chance that the Yankees could look to add another top pitcher to the rotation to replace him, like Blake Snell or Jordan Montgomery.
We’ll certainly have to see what happens.
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