Yankees might be getting award winning arm back sooner than expected

Yankees might be getting award winning arm back sooner than expected originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The New York Yankees decided to keep Luis Gil in the minors to start the season, and it wasn't the worst idea.

The Yankees only needed a four-man rotation to start the year due to a few off days, so having the young right-hander get some work in Triple-A made a lot of sense. The former Rookie of the Year seems to be doing well health-wise, and according to the latest report, he should be back in the Yankees' big league rotation by next week. “Luis Gil is headed to join the RailRiders, where he is expected to make a start this weekend, putting him in line to rejoin the Yankees when they need a fifth starter (by April 11),” Greg Joyce posted on X.

As Joyce touched on here, this wasn't due to not throwing well in spring training or any other reason. There simply wasn't much of a reason for the Yankees to have him in the rotation or on the big league roster if he wasn't going to get a chance to pitch early on. Perhaps the Yankees could have used him as a bullpen arm over the first few games, but changing up his routine wouldn't have done anybody any good.

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