On Thursday evening, the Yankees surprisingly placed right-handed starting pitcher Clarke Schmidt on the 15-day injured list with a right lat strain, retroactive to May 27, as the team announced.
Losing Schmidt is a tough blow for a Yankee rotation that has been dominant in 2024, despite missing their reigning American League Cy Young Award winning ace, Gerrit Cole, who is making his way back from an elbow injury. Cole has not thrown a pitch in a live game since the early portion of Spring Training, but isIn the meantime, young arms like Schmidt and Luis Gil have emerged as rising stars behind veterans Carlos Rodon, Marcus Stroman and Nestor Cortes.
Now that Schmidt is out for at least the near future, the Yankees will have to figure out who is going to fill-in for the righty in the interim. Veteran hurler Luke Weaver has been more than solid in a long relief role this season, posting a 2.91 ERA in 34 innings. However, he has not thrown more than two innings in an appearance in the regular season, so he would need to be stretched out in order to join the rotation.
Schmidt, a first-round pick of the Yankees in the 2017 MLB Draft, was stalled by injuries earlier in his career, but was starting to come into his own in 2024. In 11 starts, the 28-year-old went 5-3 with a 2.52 ERA, 1.14 WHIP and 67 strikeouts across 60 innings. The Yankees will hope that Schmidt's lat injury is nothing serious, so he can return when eligible to come off the IL in two weeks.Pat Ragazzo is the reporter, publisher, site manager and executive editor for the Mets and Yankees websites on Sports Illustrated. Pat was selected as The Top Reporter & Publisher of the Year 2024 by the International Association of Top Professionals for outstanding leadership, dedication, and commitment to the industry.
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