The New York Yankees obtained the results of the MRI that Gerrit Cole underwent to find out the status of his elbow and determined that he will not be ready to be the starter for Aaron Boone’s team in the first game of the season.
On March 28, the New York Yankees will face the Houston Astros and there is uncertainty about who will have the ball to start that day against one of the best offenses in the MLB, with hitters like Yordan Álvarez, José Altuve and Alex Bregman.
The ideal for New York would be to obtain the services of Blake Snell, the current National League Cy Young winner, who remains a free agent. However, various reports have indicated that negotiations between both parties have cooled and it is unlikely that he will wear a Yankees uniform next season.
Aaron Boone, the team’s manager, must give the responsibility to one of his available starters. This opens the debate as to whether Carlos Rodón should be in charge or the newcomer Marcus Stroman.
Rodón has already been in the organization for a year, but he did not show his best version in 2023. He arrived with the star label, after his years with the San Francisco Giants, but he did not know how to deal with the pressure of pitching in New York.
Throughout his 14 outings and 64.1 innings, he left a 3-8 record and a disastrous 6.85 ERA. Taking these numbers into account, the Yankees should not give him that responsibility so as not to pressure him in the first outing of the campaign.
Stroman’s candidacy appears stronger. He is coming off a good year with the Chicago Cubs, has the experience of starting in opening days and will fulfill his dream of pitching with the Yankees, since the right-hander is a native of New York.
The right-hander has just attended the 2023 All-Star Game and although injuries sidelined the end of his season with the Cubs, in general terms it was a great year for the right-hander.
The former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher left a 10-9 record with a 3.95 ERA, 119 strikeouts and 52 strikeouts in 136.2 innings of work in the 2023 season. It should be remembered that he also started the first preseason game for the team. Bronx.
Although the official announcement of the starter for the first game of the campaign has not been made official, everything indicates that manager Boone will have to give the opportunity to one of these two pitchers.
2024-03-13 21:23:07
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