{"id":630694,"date":"2026-04-26T22:45:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630694\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:45:12","slug":"yankees-option-luis-gil-to-triple-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/630694\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Option Luis Gil To Triple-A"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Yankees announced that Luis Gil<\/a> was optioned to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre following the right-hander\u2019s tough start against the Astros today.\u00a0 No corresponding move was announced, but the Yankees will likely call up another pitcher prior to tomorrow\u2019s game with the Rangers.<\/p>\n

Gil didn\u2019t record a strikeout over four innings pitched today, allowing six earned runs on five hits and three walks.\u00a0 Two-run homers from Isaac Paredes<\/a> and Christian Walker<\/a> accounted for most of the damage in what wound up as a 7-4 Houston victory, and Gil has now allowed six home runs in only 19 1\/3 innings this season.<\/p>\n

Gil didn\u2019t make his 2026 debut until April 10, as the Yankees kept him in Triple-A since multiple off-days in the early portion of the schedule left the team without any need for a fifth starter.\u00a0 In four starts since his return to the Show, Gil has a 6.05 ERA and more walks (11) than strikeouts (9), in addition to his problems in keeping the ball in the yard.<\/p>\n

After winning AL Rookie of the Year honors in 2024, a right lat strain sidelined Gil for most of last season, though he returned in August to post a 3.32 ERA over 11 starts and 57 innings.\u00a0 Gil achieved that solid ERA despite a host of subpar secondary metrics, and his struggles have now carried over into 2026.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear that something isn\u2019t quite right with Gil, so he\u2019ll return to Triple-A to try and work out the kinks before his next call up to the Show.\u00a0 What remains to be seen, however, is when that next opportunity could come, as Carlos Rodon<\/a> and Gerrit Cole<\/a> are both making strides in their rehab assignments.\u00a0 Rodon is expected to need two more rehab starts, so he could be back in New York\u2019s rotation within the next two weeks.\u00a0 Cole is still probably a month or so away from his return from Tommy John surgery.<\/p>\n

Once Cole and Rodon are back, they\u2019ll join Max Fried<\/a>, Cam Schlittler<\/a>, Will Warren<\/a>, and perhaps Ryan Weathers<\/a> within what looks to be one of baseball\u2019s top rotation.\u00a0 Weathers could be the odd man out and moved into long relief duty even though he has pitched well, but the Yankees could also deploy a six-man rotation or use Weathers as a spot starter or piggyback starter in order to manage everyone\u2019s innings.\u00a0 Since this is Schlittler\u2019s first full MLB season and Cole and Rodon are both returning from injury, the Yankees will be creative in finding ways to keep everyone fresh for what the club hopes is a deep playoff run.<\/p>\n

In the short term, the Yankees\u2019 upcoming off-day on Thursday means the club could skip Gil\u2019s turn in the rotation without the need for a replacement starter.\u00a0 Beginning Friday, however, New York plays 13 games in 13 days, so the Yankees will need to fill at least one start before Rodon is perhaps ready for his season debut.\u00a0 The Yankees could consider a bullpen game, or top prospect Elmer Rodriguez<\/a> might be given his first taste of big league action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Yankees announced that Luis Gil was optioned to Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre following the right-hander\u2019s tough start against the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583820,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,17950,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-630694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-luis-gil","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630694","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=630694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}