{"id":40705,"date":"2025-03-12T11:16:30","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=40705"},"modified":"2025-03-12T11:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T11:16:30","slug":"could-yankees-gerrit-cole-return-from-tommy-john-surgery-sooner-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=40705","title":{"rendered":"Could Yankees\u2019 Gerrit Cole return from Tommy John surgery sooner than expected?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<nav aria-label=\"articleLabel\">\n<ol id=\"articleLabel__list\">\n<li id=\"articleLabel__listItem\">Yankees<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/nav>\n<ul>\n<li><time datetime=\"2025-03-11174173018800021:56:28\">Updated: Mar. 11, 2025, 9:56 p.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<li><span aria-hidden=\"true\">|<\/span><time datetime=\"2025-03-11174172951500021:45:15\">Published: Mar. 11, 2025, 9:45 p.m.<\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\">\n<article id=\"arc-C6YSKN4NEZDJNOWMOLRCTB5WTU\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<div><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/U3HZKIYXWRGWDFNZGAY4S2OVNA.jpg?auth=b81758aa195f20121b010d317e71df8731f7839690f1b6ed5ec957e563609b98&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90 500w\" media=\"(max-width: 500px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/U3HZKIYXWRGWDFNZGAY4S2OVNA.jpg?auth=b81758aa195f20121b010d317e71df8731f7839690f1b6ed5ec957e563609b98&amp;width=800&amp;quality=90 800w\" media=\"(max-width: 800px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/U3HZKIYXWRGWDFNZGAY4S2OVNA.jpg?auth=b81758aa195f20121b010d317e71df8731f7839690f1b6ed5ec957e563609b98&amp;width=1280&amp;quality=90 1280w\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nj.com\/resizer\/v2\/U3HZKIYXWRGWDFNZGAY4S2OVNA.jpg?auth=b81758aa195f20121b010d317e71df8731f7839690f1b6ed5ec957e563609b98&amp;width=500&amp;quality=90\" sizes=\"auto, 50vw\" alt=\"Could Yankees\u2019 Gerrit Cole return from Tommy John surgery sooner than expected?\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Gerrit Cole underwent Tommy John surgery on Tuesday.AP<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p id=\"U6PTYPRWCJEX3OZDJ6HFKY4MFA\"><b>BRADENTON, Fla. \u2014<\/b> Gerrit Cole\u2019s long road back to the Yankees from season-ending elbow surgery will begin on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p id=\"NJ6PFUPRX5AI3LG2VYEJKSXM4Y\">Cole was scheduled to undergo Tommy John surgery on Tuesday in Los Angeles. Dr. Neal ElAttrache was set to perform the procedure.<\/p>\n<p id=\"VIA44GX4YVEJ5BPK7MUK5EGCL4\">While the Yankees haven\u2019t announced that the right-hander successfully had the procedure as of late Tuesday night, general manager Brian Cashman confirmed those plans while speaking during the Yankees&#8217; split squad loss to the Orioles at Steinbrenner Field earlier in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XLBXGHSJXNAVZMY34NV22RYHWM\">\u201cI have not gotten any of the results of how the surgery has gone,\u201d Cashman said, \u201cbut obviously he\u2019s having it today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"DRZT67NJZFBCPPMVDJHIVOWGWQ\"><b>BUY YANKEES TICKETS:<\/b> STUBHUB<b>,<\/b> VIVID SEATS<b>,<\/b> TICKETMASTER<\/p>\n<p id=\"MRL7MJRY3BA2HEUI6V2NLCHPDA\">This process with Cole has been nothing but bad news for the Yankees. They\u2019re already down Luis Gil (high-grade lat strain) to start the season and losing Cole creates another glaring hole within what was supposed to be an elite staff.<\/p>\n<p id=\"CNNHHD6TONFOLAAM36DRCR75EY\">But Cashman did hint at some potential good news.<\/p>\n<p id=\"XDWUBTJYN5CHZCA6RN2CBGX5EM\">The GM said that it\u2019s possible Cole will have the newer version of Tommy John surgery with an internal brace.<\/p>\n<p id=\"3WAKZ2FXBRH5ZJFKJINC2A2ARE\">That\u2019s a technique designed to shorten recovery time. Typically a pitcher needs 12 to 18 months to return from this procedure. It takes less time for a position player as the Yankees experienced recently with top prospect Jasson Dom\u00ednguez, who had the internal brace method in his elbow reconstruction. Fellow Yankees outfield prospect Everson Pereira also underwent the internal brace procedure last year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HJFMYTADWVDZNNQYKYAYDCIDGM\">\u201cWe\u2019re gonna wait and find out when they open him up,\u201d Cashman said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"T3WWXI3YTRC3RJ5KTQGNJTZQQQ\">Either way, Cole will miss all of this season. The newer internal brace technique would just get him back to the rotation earlier in 2026, if all goes according to plan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"PWUYSXDNORETJNXRFKONWKHOGM\">\u201cUnfortunately, it\u2019s part of the game,\u201d Yankees manager Aaron Boone said after Tuesday\u2019s loss to Baltimore in Tampa. \u201cThere\u2019s no sugarcoating the fact what Gerrit means to our team and what he has meant to our team. So it\u2019s a big loss, but it\u2019s also a big opportunity for someone and we\u2019ll get through it, and support Gerrit as he now goes through the rehab process, but nothing changes for us as far as expectations, it\u2019s just gonna come in a different way.\u201d<\/p>\n<section>\n<ul data-testid=\"list\">\n<li>Ben Rice is \u2018jacked\u2019 and Yankees love what they\u2019re seeing this spring<\/li>\n<li>Yankees drop in AL East projections after Gerrit Cole surgery news<\/li>\n<li>Toughened as kid in Compton, Yankees&#8217; spring star eager to contribute, mentor \u2018young dudes\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Yankees: Don\u2019t blame trainers for another year of injury woes<\/li>\n<li>Are Yankees on hunt for Gerrit Cole replacement? Here\u2019s what Brian Cashman says<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"L3XZGKSSG5D7TPL5UBO7IL2XHI\"><i>\u201cThank you for relying on us to provide the journalism you can trust. 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