The Yankees began the season with a four-man rotation thanks to the many off days they had, but now that they’re about to get back to their normal schedule, Luis Gil‘s return is around the corner.
Before Saturday’s game between the Yankees and Marlins, manager Aaron Boone was asked about Gil’s potential return to the starting rotation. The Yankees skipper said that Gil will pitch Sunday in Triple-A and then will join the team for his turn in the order.
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“With the off day, we’ll take our normal turn through [the rotation],” Boone said. “He’ll be that fifth starter after [Ryan] Weathers’ next one.”
Weathers is set to pitch tonight and Max Fried will pitch the series finale on Sunday. The Yankees have Monday off before hosting the Athletics for three starting Tuesday. That series will see Cam Schlittler, Will Warren, Weathers pitch before they head down to Tampa to take on the Rays. The series opener on Friday is when Gil is set to make his season debut.
Gil is coming off an injury-plagued 2025. He made 11 starts and pitched to a 3.32 ERA but wasn’t as effective as he was the previous season when he won AL Rookie of the Year.
With so many starters vying to come out of camp, Gil lost out to the current batch of arms, largely due to his subpar spring.
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Gil made six spring starts and allowed 11 runs (10 earned) in 19.1 innings pitched. While he struck out plenty of batters (24), he just couldn’t keep the opposing team off the board consistently enough.
It should be noted that Gil dominated his final spring start. Going up against the Orioles, Gil struck out seven batters and allowed just one hit and one walk across five scoreless innings.
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