Gerrit Cole Out at Least Two Months with Elbow Injury

 

Gerrit Cole will start the 2024 Major League Baseball season on the Injury List to undergo further testing on his right elbow.

Cole was scheduled to visit Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles for further testing.  Cole had complained of discomfort between outings in his right elbow and was not recovering properly.

“His recovery, before getting to his next start, has been more akin to what he feels during the season when he’s making 100 pitches,” Boone told reporters earlier in the week.

According to MLB Network and NY Post columnist Jon Heyman, Cole’s MRI came back clean, there was no tear found. The hope is rest and rehab might be enough to get the Yankees ace back on the mound.

 Elbow injuries are very tricky. In recent years, Jacob deGrom missed large chunks of time with the New York Mets due to a number of elbow ailments. deGrom had Tommy John Surgery this past season with the Texas Rangers and isn’t slated to return until late summer at the earliest.

The Yankees are hoping to avoid the same fate with Cole.