Luis Gil did not make the New York Yankees\u2019 starting rotation and may open the season in the minor leagues.<\/p>\n
The Yankees announced Sunday that they would start the season with a four-man rotation of Max Fried, Cam Schlittler, Will Warren and Ryan Weathers, eschewing a fifth starter because they have four off-days built into the opening 13 days of their schedule.<\/p>\n
That leaves Gil, the 2024 American League Rookie of the Year, without a rotation spot and potentially without a clear role on the Yankees\u2019 26-man roster.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, he\u2019d like to be a starter with us, so frustrating,\u201d Yankees pitching coach Matt Blake told reporters, according to MLB.com. \u201cBut at the same time, he understands the position we\u2019re in with the way the schedule lines up for the first two weeks in particular.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow it\u2019s just a matter of making sure we do right by him and keep him in rhythm and find the best balance for the bullpen and our starting group.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yankees manager Aaron Boone acknowledged that the best place for Gil to maintain that rhythm and balance might be in the minors, where he can stay on a starting pitcher\u2019s routine.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re working through that — do we want him to start a couple [in the minors] and then pop him in the rotation?\u201d Boone said, according to the New York Post. \u201cIs there an avenue to do it a different way? That\u2019s what we\u2019re working through still.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Yankees start their season Wednesday against the Giants in San Francisco. After the opening 13 days, New York plays 13 games in as many days from April 7-19, when Gil will likely have his first chance to rejoin the rotation.<\/p>\n
Gil, 27, missed the first four months of the 2025 season with a lat strain and struggled with his command when he returned to the Yankees, going 4-1 with a 3.32 ERA in 11 starts while issuing 33 walks and just 41 strikeouts in 57 innings.<\/p>\n
But the hard-throwing right-hander flashed his dominant stuff in his most recent spring training outing Friday against the Baltimore Orioles, throwing five scoreless innings with seven strikeouts.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was 2024 Luis Gil right there,\u201d Boone told reporters after Friday\u2019s game. \u201cIt was great to see.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luis Gil did not make the New York Yankees\u2019 starting rotation and may open the season in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,94732,462,92085,82],"class_list":["post-555290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-luis-gil-sports-baseball-player-player-statscom-877821","tag-mlb","tag-new-york-yankees-sports-baseball-team-team-statscom-234","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}