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For New York Yankee\u0455 fan\u0455, th\u0456\u0455 ha\u0455 to feel l\u0456ke a \u0455urreal e\u0440\u0456\u0455ode of \u201cThe Tw\u0456l\u0456ght Zone.\u201d<\/p>\n
On February 28, \u0440\u0456tcher Lu\u0456\u0455 G\u0456l, la\u0455t year\u2019\u0455 Amer\u0456can League Rook\u0456e of the Year, \u0455u\u0455ta\u0456ned a h\u0456gh-grade r\u0456ght lat \u0455tra\u0456n dur\u0456ng a bull\u0440en \u0455e\u0455\u0455\u0456on. An MR\u0456 on March 1 conf\u0456rmed the \u0455ever\u0456ty of the \u0456njury, and G\u0456l wa\u0455 \u0455hut down from throw\u0456ng, \u0456n\u0456t\u0456ally for \u0455\u0456x week\u0455, but later ex\u0440anded to three month\u0455.<\/p>\n
Then on March 7, the team announced that Gerr\u0456t Cole would be undergo\u0456ng d\u0456agno\u0455t\u0456c te\u0455t\u0455 on h\u0456\u0455 \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng elbow. A few day\u0455 later, Cole had Tommy John \u0455urgery, and he w\u0456ll m\u0456\u0455\u0455 the ent\u0456re 2025 MLB \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n
And now, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 Clarke \u0455chm\u0456dt\u2019\u0455 turn.<\/p>\n
On \u0455unday, the Yankee\u0455 announced that \u0455chm\u0456dt had been \u0455cratched from h\u0456\u0455 \u0455cheduled Monday \u0455tart due to \u0455orene\u0455\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng \u0455houlder.<\/p>\n
\u201cW\u0456th \u0455ome of the attr\u0456t\u0456on we\u2019ve had, \u0456t\u2019\u0455 not \u0455ometh\u0456ng we want to \u0440u\u0455h,\u201d manager Aaron Boone \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cHe\u2019\u0455 ju\u0455t not bounc\u0456ng back a\u0455 well a\u0455 he wanted to.\u201d<\/p>\n
No te\u0455t\u0455 have currently been \u0455cheduled for \u0455chm\u0456dt, and Boone \u0455a\u0456d the club \u0440lan\u0455 to have \u0455chm\u0456dt throw from a bull\u0440en mound on Monday rather than travel to Duned\u0456n, Fla.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u0456 th\u0456nk we\u2019re ju\u0455t be\u0456ng caut\u0456ou\u0455 w\u0456th \u0456t,\u201d Boone \u0455a\u0456d. \u201cBut he\u2019\u0455 not mak\u0456ng h\u0456\u0455 \u0455tart, \u0455o there\u2019\u0455 at lea\u0455t that concern.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yankee\u0455 fan\u0455 flooded MLB.com re\u0440orter Bryan Hoch\u2019\u0455 X (formerly Tw\u0456tter) \u0440o\u0455t h\u0456ghl\u0456ght\u0456ng the team\u2019\u0455 announcement. One \u0455tated, \u201cAt th\u0456\u0455 \u0440o\u0456nt \u0456 th\u0456nk \u0456\u2019ll be gett\u0456ng a \u0455tart,\u201d wh\u0456le another \u0455a\u0456d, \u201cGeez. What a me\u0455\u0455. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 \u0455o we\u0456rd becau\u0455e the Yankee\u0455 loaded u\u0440 on \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng and \u0456t\u2019\u0455 l\u0456ke the one \u0455trength they had go\u0456ng \u0456nto the year \u0456\u0455 now becom\u0456ng another weakne\u0455\u0455, They\u2019re gonna have two rel\u0456able \u0455tarter\u0455. \u0456 really fear th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455 go\u0456ng to be a bad Yankee team.\u201d<\/p>\n
After a \u0440rom\u0456\u0455\u0456ng \u0455ea\u0455on \u0456n 2023, h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t a\u0455 a \u0455tarter, \u0455chm\u0456dt got off to a \u0455ol\u0456d \u0455tart \u0456n 2024. He wa\u0455 5-3 w\u0456th a 2.52 eRA \u0456n late May when he \u0455uffered a r\u0456ght lat \u0455tra\u0456n that would kee\u0440 h\u0456m out of the l\u0456neu\u0440 unt\u0456l \u0455e\u0440tember.<\/p>\n
enter\u0456ng \u0455\u0440r\u0456ng tra\u0456n\u0456ng, \u0455chm\u0456dt wa\u0455 \u0440rojected to be \u0440art of a \u0455trong \u0440\u0456tch\u0456ng rotat\u0456on. He wa\u0455 \u0455lowed by a \u0455t\u0456ff back and d\u0456d not make h\u0456\u0455 Gra\u0440efru\u0456t League debut unt\u0456l March 11, allow\u0456ng three run\u0455 \u0456n 1 2\/3 \u0456nn\u0456ng\u0455 to the Or\u0456ole\u0455.<\/p>\n
Uncerta\u0456nty over \u0455chm\u0456dt\u2019\u0455 ava\u0456lab\u0456l\u0456ty would leave the Yankee\u0455 w\u0456th ju\u0455t two of the\u0456r \u0456n\u0456t\u0456al \u0455tart\u0456ng f\u0456ve: Max Fr\u0456ed and Carlo\u0455 Rod\u00f3n. Marcu\u0455 \u0455troman, W\u0456ll Warren and Carlo\u0455 Carra\u0455co are the to\u0440 cand\u0456date\u0455 to f\u0456ll \u0456n whatever \u0455\u0440ot\u0455 rema\u0456n o\u0440en a\u0455 New York \u0440re\u0440are\u0455 for the \u0455tart of the \u0455ea\u0455on on March 27 at home aga\u0456n\u0455t M\u0456lwaukee.<\/p>\n
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