Yankees' Stanton receives additional injections; Gil out 3 months - ESPN

TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees pitcher Luis Gil will be sidelined for at least three months because of his lat strain and designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton would have surgery on his elbows only as a last resort, according to general manager Brian Cashman.

Infielder DJ LeMahieu told reporters Thursday that he has a Grade 1 or 2 left calf strain and will be sidelined for several weeks in his fifth straight injury-hampered season.

Gil, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, cut short a bullpen session Friday because of tightness in his pitching shoulder, and the 26-year-old right-hander went to New York for an MRI that revealed a high-grade lat strain.

«As long as we handle it right, we'll get him back sometime in the summer,» Cashman said. «But he's going to be down for a long time, obviously. Being a starter, he's got six weeks minimum of no throw and obviously it could be longer if it takes longer. They'll reimage and re-MRI it and see where he's at during that rest period. So, is it six, is it going to be seven weeks, is it eight weeks, whatever, and then we'll get him going, and then he's got to go through flat-ground throwing program and obviously bullpens and then rehab games, so you're talking three months.»

Gil was 15-7 with a 3.50 ERA in 29 starts last year, striking out 171 and walking a major-league-high 77 in 151⅔ innings. Marcus Stroman likely will replace him in a starting rotation that includes Gerrit Cole, Max Fried, Carlos Rodon and Clarke Schmidt.

Stanton said Feb. 17 after reporting to camp that he had not swung a bat in three or four weeks because of elbow pain. The Yankees said he has been in New York, where he received a second round of platelet-rich plasma injections in both elbows.

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