LOS ANGELES — On Saturday, it was the Dodger Stadium mound 4 and a half hours earlier than first pitch.
By Tuesday, it might be the Yankee Stadium mound within the late innings.
Fernando Cruz accomplished what is predicted to be his final step earlier than being activated off the injured listing, going through hitters Saturday morning at Dodger Stadium as he comes again from shoulder irritation.
The reliever threw about 17 pitches to Pablo Reyes and J.C. Escarra, and if he recovers properly within the coming days, he must be activated off the IL when he’s first eligible on Tuesday.
“Everything feels really good, effortless,” Cruz mentioned earlier than the Yankees’ 18-12 blowout loss to the Dodgers. “I wasn’t even trying to throw hard and it feels amazing. … Feel really good. Threw all my pitches for strikes. Velocity was there. … Feel really healthy.”
Getting Cruz again might be a giant increase for the Yankees bullpen after he had pitched to a 2.66 ERA with 35 strikeouts in 23 ¹/₃ innings earlier than being sidelined.
“I think it was worth it [going on the IL],” Cruz mentioned. “The pain I was going through needed to be fixed. This time made me even better, I think, from a working standpoint.”
On a weekend when he acquired his World Sequence ring from the Dodgers, Ryan Yarbrough is about to face them in Sunday’s collection finale.
The veteran lefty swingman, who has been a boon for the Yankees to date this season, made 32 aid appearances for the Dodgers final yr earlier than they traded him to the Blue Jays on the deadline.
The Yankees may have skipped Yarbrough on Sunday and thrown Carlos Rodón on regular relaxation, particularly with an off day Monday.
As an alternative, they may maintain Yarbrough on flip and provides Rodón the additional relaxation earlier than going through the Guardians on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium, coming off his seven-inning, 105-pitch gem in opposition to the Angels.
“Just felt like it was probably best and that puts [Rodón] in line to go Tuesday-Sunday now, which would be a five-day on the next one,” supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned. “And obviously, Yarbs is throwing the ball really well.”
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (indirect pressure) performed in his second rehab recreation Saturday with Double-A Somerset, going 1-for-3 with a steal and spending six innings at third base.
He may DH on Sunday earlier than possible being activated Tuesday.
After crushing two residence runs on Friday evening, Shohei Ohtani took the mound Saturday afternoon for the equal of two innings, going through hitters for the second time since present process UCL surgical procedure.
The Dodgers have mentioned the two-way famous person may return to pitching in video games in some unspecified time in the future after the All-Star break.
A handful of Yankees got here out to observe Ohtani throw, together with Oswald Peraza, who had his telephone out to doc it.
