{"id":50638,"date":"2025-04-07T08:25:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=50638"},"modified":"2025-04-07T08:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T08:25:54","slug":"yankees-give-unexpectedly-encouraging-update-on-starting-pitcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=50638","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Give Unexpectedly Encouraging Update on Starting Pitcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees Give Unexpectedly Encouraging Update on Starting Pitcher\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>New York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">These days, any news regarding a <\/span>New York Yankees <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> starting pitcher that doesn\u2019t portend something of season-ending doom has to be celebrated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to SNY-TV <span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters prior to Friday\u2019s game against Pittsburgh that <\/span>Luis Gil <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> would be start a throwing program that was scheduled to begin in 7-10 days. Although Gil is still not expected to make his 2025 debut until sometime later this summer, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year will soon be making an important step forward in his recovery.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 26-year-old right-hander was shut down in early March with a high-grade lat strain, and he was initially expected to miss at least three months. While Boone\u2019s update doesn\u2019t accelerate Gil\u2019s timeline for now, the fact that he\u2019s set to resume throwing in about a week is an encouraging sign that he\u2019ll be back in action this summer as anticipated.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Luis Gil Close to Throwing in Return from High-Grade Lat Sprain<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5319036\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=660,371 660w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=267,150 267w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Luis-Gil-inside.jpg?resize=225,127 225w\" alt=\"Yankees Give Unexpectedly Encouraging Update on Starting Pitcher\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5319036\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5319036\">GettyNew York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil is scheduled to begin a throwing program in his rehab from a high-grade lat sprain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gil displayed his potential in 2021, making six starts at the Major League level and posting a 3.07 ERA with 38 strikeouts in 29.1 innings pitched. But he made just one start for the Yankees in 2022 before undergoing Tommy John surgery in May of that year, and he missed all but two rehab games in \u201923.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Last season, Gil went 15-7 with a 3.50 ERA in 29 starts, with 171 strikeouts in 152.2 innings pitched. He won the\u00a0Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year Award for the AL by just five points, <\/span>the closest vote since <span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the Baseball Writers\u2019 Association of American went to a three-player ballot in Rookie of the Year voting in 1980. Colton Cowser of the Baltimore Orioles was listed on one more ballot than Gil, who had two more first-place votes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Luis Gil 10th Yankee to Earn Rookie of the Year Award<\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The 2024 election marked the 10th time a Yankees player has earned the honor, the most by any American League club. Across the Majors, only the Los Angeles Dodgers have more winners, holding the overall record with 18 Rookie of the Year selections in the National League.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Yankees\u2019 list of previous winners is a who\u2019s who of franchise history: Gil McDougald (1951), Bob Grim (1954), Tony Kubek (1957), Tom Tresh (1962), Stan Bahnsen (1968), Thurman Munson (1970), Dave Righetti (1981), Derek Jeter (1996) and Aaron Judge (2017).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Meanwhile, Gil became the fifth Dominican-born player to win the award and the second pitcher from the country to do so, joining Neftali Feliz (2010). Other Dominican winners include Alfredo Griffin (1979), \u00c1ngel Berroa (2003) and Julio Rodr\u00edguez (2022).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dave Benson Dave Benson is a longtime writer with over three decades of experience in a variety of mediums, including 15 years covering high school, collegiate and minor league sports in the St. Louis metropolitan area. Dave is also a licensed English teacher and spent a few years teaching at the middle school level. More about Dave Benson<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees announced that Luis Gil is scheduled to begin a throwing program soon as he returns from a high grade lat sprain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50642,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees Give Unexpectedly Encouraging Update on Starting Pitcher - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=50638\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees Give Unexpectedly Encouraging Update on Starting Pitcher - 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