Set for an Epic Showdown: Cole Facing Off With The Red Sox On Opening Day
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Gerrit Cole is ready for game action. Well, exhibition game action, anyway, as the Yankees’ announced that the right-hander is scheduled to start Wednesday’s spring training contest against the Red Sox at George M.
Steinbrenner Field. It will be Cole’s first start of any kind since undergoing Tommy John surgery a little over a year ago. The plan is for Cole, who has ...
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Gerrit Cole is ready for game action. Well, exhibition game action, anyway, as the Yankees’ announced that the right-hander is scheduled to start Wednesday’s spring training contest against the Red Sox at George M.
Steinbrenner Field. It will be Cole’s first start of any kind since undergoing Tommy John surgery a little over a year ago. The plan is for Cole, who has cracked 97 mph in live batting practice sessions this spring, to throw one inning against Boston.
While it won’t be a long outing, it will check a box that Cole and the Yankees previously stopped short of committing to this spring. The outing will also mark the most significant step yet in a rehab process that has gone as planned thus far. “Everyone’s been excited just how good he’s looked,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday before the Yankees played the Rays at Charlotte Sports Park.