In a big step, Luis Gil started a rehab project on Sunday.
The Yankees right-hander allowed one run in 3.1 innings and struck out six for Double-A Somerset, marking his first time pitching in a recreation since he suffered a high-grade lat pressure throughout spring coaching.
Gil threw 36 of his 50 pitches for strikes in opposition to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, the Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. He allowed two hits — together with a solo house run — and a stroll at Somerset’s TD Financial institution Ballpark.
The final of Gil’s strikeouts got here on a 97.3-mph fastball, which he pumped previous cleanup hitter Peyton Williams within the fourth.
It was a powerful exhibiting for Gil, who will proceed to ramp up his pitch depend earlier than becoming a member of the Yankees’ rotation.
“As we chart out his days to pitch, we know what he’ll be on July 30,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned, referring to Gil’s pitch depend. “When you get to that last one or two [outings], do you take him at 75 [pitches]? Do you want to get him to 90? That will be the decision.”
Boone described a “conservative build” for Gil, saying the right-hander would probably throw fewer than 60 pitches in his second minor-league begin.
“We definitely want him to have at least a few rehab outings,” Boone mentioned.
Gil, 27 was shut down with the lat pressure in early March. He started his throwing program in late April, resumed throwing from a mound in late Could and threw his first stay bullpen session final month.
“From the moment you go through an injury like this, immediately you want to get back on the field,” Gil mentioned on June 21. “It’s about competing, helping your team and being out there with those guys.”
The return of Gil would supply a lift for a Yankees rotation that misplaced fellow right-handers Gerrit Cole and Clarke Schmidt to season-ending elbow accidents.
Gil went 15-7 with a 3.50 ERA and 171 strikeouts in 151.2 innings final season and received American League Rookie of the Yr. He began Recreation 4 of the World Collection.
NEED FOR FRIED
The blister that compelled Max Fried out of Saturday’s begin might have an effect on the Yankees’ pitching plans popping out of this week’s All-Star break.
It’s unclear if Fried can be accessible to pitch throughout subsequent weekend’s collection in Atlanta, the place the left-hander spent his first eight MLB seasons.
“We’ll see how it lines up for when we want to line him up coming out of the break, probably based on how that’s recovered,” Boone mentioned.
Blisters are nothing new for Fried, who landed on the injured listing 4 occasions in earlier seasons because of the situation.
“It’s still early, but definitely going in the right direction,” Fried mentioned Sunday. “Definitely feel like it’s getting better.”
Fried, 31, allowed 4 runs (three earned) in three innings and exited after 73 pitches in Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the Chicago Cubs. He was already going to sit down out of Tuesday’s All-Star Recreation in Atlanta earlier than the harm.
“Doing everything I can to get back as soon as possible,” Fried mentioned.
OLD-TIMERS’ DAY
Previous-Timers’ Day goes again to its outdated format.
For the primary time since 2019, former Yankees gamers will compete in a baseball recreation at Yankee Stadium, play-by-play voice Michael Kay introduced on Sunday’s YES Community broadcast.
“I’ve had it on good authority … that the Old-Timers’ game will be making a return to its traditional form of two to three innings of baseball,” Kay mentioned.
This yr’s Previous-Timers’ Day is scheduled for Aug. 9.
The Previous-Timers’ recreation was canceled in 2020 and 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and within the years since, the Yankees have hosted ceremonies and Q&A classes as a substitute of the standard recreation.
Earlier this yr, experiences acknowledged a softball recreation was within the works, however Sunday’s announcement made it clear the plan now’s for a baseball recreation.
This yr’s occasion may even rejoice the twenty fifth anniversary of the Subway Collection, when the Yankees beat the Mets within the World Collection.
TRACKING TRENT
Trent Grisham was out of the beginning lineup for Sunday’s collection finale in opposition to the Cubs, with Boone opting to provide the middle fielder somewhat further relaxation as he nurses an ailing hamstring.
“My tiebreaker on who to rest today was, ‘Man, if I can somehow get Grish another day into the four days [off for the All-Star break], I’m gonna take my shot on that.’ That being said, he’s totally available off the bench, too,” Boone mentioned.
Grisham exited the Yankees’ June 30 recreation in Toronto with left hamstring tightness however has appeared in seven video games since then, together with Saturday’s.
He’s hitting .251 with 16 homers and an .817 OPS.
“I feel like he’s been able to play with it, but I think it’s limited him a little bit on the bases and in the field,” Boone mentioned. “But he’s obviously still playing so well, so I don’t want to take him out completely.”
BY GEORGE
The long run seems shiny for George Lombard Jr.
The Yankees’ prime prospect went 1-for-2 with a double and a stroll within the All-Star Futures Recreation in Atlanta on Saturday.
Lombard, 20, additionally stole a base and scored a run. He began at second base and batted ninth.
Initially Revealed: July 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM EDT
