A Luis Gil Update & New Pitching Rumor All In One!

Never say “It can’t get any worse” because that is a signal to the universe to release more bad luck. We can’t take any more bad luck. We need pitching reinforcements and fast. The Yankees will need to get creative.

So, every day I have been scouring every source I have to look for any updates on Luis Gil. Yesterday, we finally got an update with minimal details, but it wasn’t “good” news, read more HERE. Gil has been shut down since early last month and the plan was to get him throwing by today, but that’s not going to happen. Gil’s latest MRI shows healing on the high-grade lat strain but not enough. So, Gil may not be ready to pitch until the All-Star break. Aaron Boone gave an update yesterday and it sounded like typical Boone babble. “It’s going as it should,” Boone said before the Yankees finished a series against the Royals in The Bronx. “We just need another 10 days.”

Needing another 10 days is not “going as it should” when the plan was to start throwing. I just hope this isn’t worse than it really is. Starting pitching is everything in baseball and the Yankees need to go get it. We are lucky to have Max Fried right now. He’s the only one worth a damn at this point.

The Yankees need to add some quality starters. This is supposed to be a favorite to get back to the World Series and this pitching staff just isn’t going to cut it. Carlos Carrasco and Marcus Stroman are not pitchers that are going to get us back to October baseball. We already talked about names that would help us in I’LL BANG THE DRUM AGAIN! THE YANKEES NEED STARTING PITCHING! but a new name is floating around social media.

Lots of rumors out there swirling that by the trade deadline, the Dodgers could have a pitching surplus that they may not need and could move Tony Gonsolin, read more HERE. Interesting idea but that is assuming everything goes right for the Dodgers and their surplus actually happens. Right now they are dealing with their own injury problems. In the coming months, the Dodgers hope to have Clayton Kershaw, Blake Snell and Shohei Ohtani pitching again. That’s three big names assuming the Dodgers will have back if all goes right.

If the stars magically align, Gonsolin could become available but if he is, the Dodgers aren’t going to be anxious to do the Yankees a favor and Gonsolin comes with some risk. He missed all of 2024 after having TJ surgery, he hasn’t pitched this season due to a minor back injury. What stands out most, is he hasn’t pitched a full season since 2022, but he did pitch to a 16-1 record with a 2.14 ERA. 

Does he have that kind of magic in him still? Who knows but knowing that he sounds like the exact ballplayer that Brian Cashman targets. He looks for that lightning in a bottle or dumpster dive type of move as some fans call it that doesn’t cost as much. He’s more affordable for Hal Steinbrenner at $5.4 million dollars and wouldn’t be a free agent until 2027. On paper, he’s what the Yankees target…..

Honestly, I’m not jazzed about Gonsolin and it may not even be realistic…. but we’ve gotta do something. The Yankees can’t continue to sit on their hands and say thousands of prayers hoping they get back to the World Series with this pitching.