{"id":279295,"date":"2025-11-12T06:32:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279295\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T06:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T06:32:08","slug":"gerrit-cole-reveals-if-opening-day-return-to-yankees-looks-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/279295\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerrit Cole reveals if Opening Day return to Yankees looks possible"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole remains on track with his rehabilitation process after missing the entire 2025 season because of Tommy John surgery. <\/p>\n

But he doesn\u2019t anticipate he\u2019ll be in the team\u2019s rotation at the start of next season.<\/p>\n

Speaking Tuesday at ALS United Greater New York\u2019s annual Lou Gehrig Legacy Gala, Cole told The Post that his initial phase of his ramp-up program is \u201ccoming to a close\u201d within the next month, but his timeline to return to play remains unclear.<\/p>\n

Cole\u2019s rehab program started in August with 20 pitches off flat ground and he\u2019s slowly worked his way up from there.<\/p>\n

Last week, he shared a clip of him delivering a strike from a mound in the Yankees bullpen<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The 35-year-old is feeling well and is expected to throw a few more bullpen sessions before taking some time off around the holidays.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that, we\u2019ll kind of have a sit-down and figure out what that means for next season,\u201d the 2023 American League Cy Young Award winner said.<\/p>\n

Cole said he isn\u2019t sure when he might receive the green light from team doctors to pitch in real games.<\/p>\n

\"GerritGerrit Cole, who is still rehabbing after Tommy John Surgery, said on Nov. 11, 2025 that \u201cOpening Day is probably out of the picture.\u201d AP<\/p>\n

\u201cThey mentioned that Opening Day is probably out of the picture and that seems to make the most sense at this point,\u201d Cole said. \u201cBut when, afterwards, I\u2019m not exactly sure. Hopefully as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cole appeared in two spring training games last year before undergoing Tommy John surgery in March. <\/p>\n

The typical recovery timeline is around 14 months, which could mean Cole might not be back until around May or June.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Cole also weighed in on his teammate Cody Bellinger, who\u2019s mulling free agency options.<\/p>\n

\u201cCody\u2019s outstanding,\u201d Cole said. \u201cI mean in my career, I\u2019d never come across another player like Cody. I mean, two other players come to mind. I think of Josh Harrison and I think of Sean Rodriguez back when I was on the Pirates. Both players that I thought could play at least three major league positions at above-average defense. Cody fits that bill, and then also has a career OPS of .850, which is just in another league. So fantastic player all around, fantastic clubhouse guy and great family man.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

At Tuesday\u2019s event, Cole received the Lou Gehrig Sports Award, which goes to athletes who exemplify the Iron Horse\u2019s strength and values.<\/p>\n

He said it was a \u201ctremendous honor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAll that Lou Gehrig stands for, all that this organization does in the community, it\u2019s something really special to be a part of,\u201d Cole said. \u201cBeing a New York Yankee as well, getting to represent the Yankees brand and getting to represent everything Lou stood for on and off the field.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yankees right-hander Gerrit Cole remains on track with his rehabilitation process after missing the entire 2025 season because…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,29667,591,2704,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-279295","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-gerrit-cole","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york-yankees","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}