New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman updated reporters on the status of Luis Gil on Thursday and said the reigning AL Rookie of the Year will be out at least three months due to a high-grade lat strain.
Gil was shut down from throwing for six weeks on Monday, as the team awaited results from an MRI. It confirmed the original diagnosis, and Cashman said Thursday that the hope is the 26-year-old starting pitcher will be back “sometime in the summer.”
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As long as we handle it right, we’ll get him back sometime in the summer,” Cashman said. “But he’s going to be down for a long time, obviously. Being a starter, he’s got six weeks minimum of no throw, and obviously it could be longer if it takes longer. They’ll reimage and re-MRI it and see where he’s at during that rest period. So, is it six, is it going to be seven weeks, is it eight weeks, whatever, and then we’ll get him going, and then he’s got to go through flat-ground throwing program and obviously bullpens and then rehab games, so you’re talking three months.”
Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt suffered a similar injury last season. He was put on the injured list in late May and returned Sept. 7.
The Yankees open their season March 27 at home against the Milwaukee Brewers. They revealed Gil’s injury on Friday, when manager Aaron Boone told reporters that Gil was experiencing shoulder discomfort.
In 29 starts last season, Gil posted a 3.50 ERA and 1.19 WHIP with 171 strikeouts and 77 walks in 151 2/3 innings pitched. He pitched two postseason games with a 6.75 ERA in an ALCS start against the Cleveland Guardians and a World Series start against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Gil’s absence will open a spot in the Yankees’ rotation, with Gerrit Cole, Max Fried and Carlos Rodón set as the first three starters. This could mean a boost for Marcus Stroman or open the door for Carlos Carrasco, Will Warren and Allan Winans to make their cases.
“We still feel like we have good depth,” Boone said this week. “You know these things are unfortunately going to come and pop up at different times of the year.”
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