00:00Garrett Cole, on Friday, he threw a live batting practice for the first time since he had Tommy
00:06John surgery on March 11th. We're getting closer and closer to the one-year date of that.
00:10He was 94 to 97 pretty consistently. It was much harder than anyone anticipated,
00:16probably including himself. He said he wanted performance that day. He was facing Jason
00:21Domingos, Trent Grisham, and Aaron Judge, and he wanted to pitch to them. He threw 20 pitches. It
00:25was all fastballs. He's not up to breaking balls yet, and it was a positive day with a long,
00:31long way to go, and yet he's still saying, I will not rush. The science is the science,
00:36and 14 to 18 months is the schedule. I continue to say May 24th, keep an eye on that date.
00:43If the
00:43Yankees needed the roster spot, he could be put on the 60-day IL. That opens a 40-man roster
00:49spot,
00:49and the first day of eligibility off the 60-day IL is May 24th. If I were just guessing,
00:56that would probably be the earliest he returns.
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