Ever since it was revealed, on Monday morning, that New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole had to undergo an MRI on his right elbow, everybody has been fearing the worst.
Usually, MRIs will tell the whole story about a pitcher’s elbow: if it’s intact or if it has structural damage that needs surgical correction.
On Wednesday, there was finally some concrete news about Cole’s arm, and it is not particularly encouraging.
“Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will be out at least 1-2 months and has an appointment to fly to LA to see noted surgeon Neal ElAttrache @nypostsports has learned,” MLB insider Jon Heyman tweeted.
https://t.co/s58gA8Usm0. Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will be out at least 1-2 months and has an appointment to fly to LA to see noted surgeon Neal ElAttrache @nypostsports has learned
— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) March 13, 2024
That’s definitely not the news that Yankees fans wanted to hear.
The most concerning part is not the 1-2 months without their ace, it’s actually the pending visit with Dr. ElAttrache.
Heyman writes in his article that “several Yankees doctors and ElAttrache have viewed Cole’s preliminary film, and while none has detected a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament, there’s enough concern about the ligament that ElAttrache has suggested an in-person visit.”
If there is still “concern” about the ligament, it means that Cole and the Yankees are still not completely out of the woods.
He will obviously miss Opening Day and the entire month of April, with a May return being in the cards as long as the circumstances allow it.
It will be a wait-and-see situation, and of course Cole’s personal visit with Dr. ElAttrache will help clear things up.
Cole, who posted a 2.63 ERA last year en route to his first Cy Young award, will be badly missed in the Yankees rotation for as long as he is out.
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