Yankees Bullpen May Need Reinforcements

Zack Britton, a former closer and one of the team’s highest-paid pitchers, has not pitched all season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last September. The left-hander will throw to live hitters for the first time this week, and if the final stages of his rehab go well, he will rejoin New York before season’s end.

Britton has been a dominant late-inning reliever throughout his career, but the Yankees aren’t getting ahead of themselves as they await his return.

“I don’t want to put an expectation on it,” Boone said. “He’s doing well. He’s about to get to the live hitter portion of the rehab and return, so we continue to be encouraged. But what it all means? We’ll just wait and see.”

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/sports/baseball/yankees-bullpen.html