Proper-hander Jake Cousins will bear Tommy John surgical procedure. Supervisor Aaron Boone knowledgeable members of the beat right now, together with Brendan Kuty of The Athletic. Cousins will due to this fact miss all the 2025 season and no less than the primary half of 2026 as nicely. He’s already on the 60-day injured listing.
The information is clearly brutal for Cousins however it’s not stunning, as his arm has been troubling him all yr. When camp opened in mid-February, it was reported that Cousins was already midway by means of a shutdown interval of three to 4 weeks on account of a forearm pressure. When infielder/outfielder Pablo Reyes cracked the Opening Day roster, Cousins was transferred to the 60-day IL because the corresponding transfer, that means he had successfully been written off for the primary two months of the season.
He did begin a rehab project in early June however that lasted for less than two appearances. He was shut down from that with a setback that Boone stated “appears to be a UCL harm.” A few days in the past, Boone stated that issues had been trending in direction of a Tommy John surgical procedure, which is now the confirmed path.
That process normally comes with a restoration timeline of 14 to 18 months. Cousins will due to this fact miss all the present marketing campaign. He’ll have a shot at returning late in 2026 however that received’t be assured.
Between the Brewers and Yankees, he has logged 90 2/3 large league innings with a 2.78 earned run common. His 14.8% stroll charge is sort of excessive however he has additionally punched out 32.6% of hitters and received grounders on 47.1% of balls in play.
He got here into this yr together with his service time clock at two years and 91 days. He’ll accumulate service time whereas on the IL and can due to this fact get to three.091 by the approaching offseason. That can qualify him for arbitration for the primary time. Because of the surgical procedure, he received’t be capable to increase his wage very a lot however he’ll be a non-tender candidate regardless. If the Yanks had been to tender him a contract, he’d should take up a 40-man spot by means of the winter since there’s no IL between the tip of the World Sequence and the opening of spring coaching.
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