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FILE – New York Yankees starting pitcher Gerrit Cole throws against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a spring training baseball game, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Mesa, Ariz. (AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin, File)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n

NEW YORK \u2014 Gerrit Cole could return to the New York Yankees this homestand following elbow surgery last year.<\/p>

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Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Monday the team was considering having the 2023 AL Cy Young Award winner rejoin the major league rotation rather than make a seventh minor league injury rehabilitation start.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re talking through everything,\u201d Boone said Monday ahead of a homestand against AL East rivals Toronto and Tampa Bay. \u201cSee what makes the most sense moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York came off a 2-7 trip in which Max Fried was sidelined by a bone bruise in his left elbow. Cole would join a rotation that includes Carlos Rod\u00f3n, Cam Schlitter, Will Warren and Ryan Weathers.<\/p>\n

Returning from reconstructive elbow surgery on March 11, 2025<\/a> , the 35-year-old right-hander started rehab outings on April 17. The six-time All-Star has a 4.71 ERA over 28 2\/3 innings, allowing 28 hits while striking out 28 and walking three.<\/p>\n

He threw 86 pitches over 5 1\/3 innings for Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre against the Syracuse Mets on Saturday night, averaging 97 mph with his fastball and reaching 99.6 mph.<\/p>

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\u201cHe looks really good,\u201d Boone said. \u201cI think this outing was a little more with probably competition in mind, like going to get guys out and stepping on it stuff-wise,\u201d Boone said. \u201cI think I\u2019ve watched every pitch he\u2019s made in the rehab. I think it\u2019s gone really well. I think he\u2019s done a good job of identifying things, especially early on in the rehab process. … So he\u2019s checked a lot of the boxes and I feel like his last start was mostly excellent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cole has not pitched in a major league game that counts since Game 5 of the 2024 World Series.<\/p>\n

Boone had planned to give a third start to rookie right-hander Elmer Rodriguez, but the Yankees optioned him to Scranton on Monday and selected the contract of right-hander Yovanny Cruz from the RailRiders, giving them another bullpen arm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s the right timing?\u201d Boone said. \u201cWhatever we do, like it\u2019s with the long game in mind. A need doesn\u2019t necessarily mean, oh, we\u2019re bringing them back. It\u2019s like if we feel like he\u2019s absolutely ready to go and check all the boxes, then we\u2019ll, we\u2019ll make that call.\u201d<\/p>

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