{"id":83708,"date":"2024-08-21T16:28:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=83708"},"modified":"2024-08-21T16:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:28:21","slug":"yankees-luis-gil-injured-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/21\/yankees-luis-gil-injured-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Rookie Starter Hits IL with Back Strain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees have announced that right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gillu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luis Gil<\/a> has landed on the 15-day injured list with a lower back strain. In a corresponding move, fellow right-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/warrewi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Will Warren<\/a> was recalled from Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre. Gil started Tuesday night&#8217;s game against the Cleveland Guardians but lasted three innings before he was removed. It has yet to be determined how long Gil will be out for.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prior to tonight\u2019s game, the Yankees made the following roster moves:<br \/>\n\u2022 Recalled RHP Will Warren (#98) from Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre.<br \/>\n\u2022 Placed RHP Luis Gil on the 15-day injured list with a lower back strain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Yankees (@Yankees) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yankees\/status\/1826327890604240982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Place Luis Gil on Injured List<\/h2>\n<p>This is another tough blow to the Yankees&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2024\/08\/13\/yankees-rotation-continued-struggles\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">fragile rotation<\/a>, one that has already been banged up with injuries. Gil joins fellow starter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/schmicl01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Clarke Schmidt<\/a> on the IL, who has been out with a lat strain since May. While there&#8217;s never a good time for an injury, right now is when the Yankees need Gil most. He has arguably been their best starter this season, and has at times resembled a bona fide number-one starter. Without him, the Yankees&#8217; rotation is even more lost.<\/p>\n<p>Warren, 25, has been called up for the fourth time this season, this time to replace the injured Gil. Warren posted a 8.59 ERA, racking up 17 K&#8217;s in 14.2 innings in his three appearances. As bad as these numbers look, they are a little inflated due to a bad outing against the Los Angeles Angels, in which he gave up eight earned runs. He has shown flashes of major league-level stuff, so perhaps he can keep improving with more MLB experience.<\/p>\n<h3>Next Man Up for the Yankees<\/h3>\n<p>While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/colege01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gerrit Cole<\/a> has picked up some slack after returning from the IL in June, Gil&#8217;s absence signals to New York&#8217;s other starters that they will have to be at their best.\u00a0 In particular, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rodonca01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Rod\u00f3n<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/cortene01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nestor Cortes<\/a> must find a sense of consistency; both have had their share of good outings this season, but haven&#8217;t been as good as they should\/can be.<\/p>\n<p>Things could be worse for the Yankees; though this is a very tough break for Gil, who seemed to be getting back on track after a few questionable outings. However, this also means the pressure is ramping up on the rest of the pitching staff. If the pitching falls flat, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/j\/judgeaa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aaron Judge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=sotoju01,soto--004jua&amp;search=Juan+Soto&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2024-08-21_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juan Soto<\/a> can&#8217;t always be there to bail them out.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo: \u00a9 Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees have announced that right-hander Luis Gil has landed on the 15-day injured list with a lower back strain. In a corresponding move, fellow right-hander Will Warren was recalled from Triple-A Scranton\/Wilkes-Barre. Gil started Tuesday night&#8217;s game against the Cleveland Guardians but lasted three innings before he was removed. It has yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5148,"featured_media":83719,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1071,35],"tags":[501,197,1418,611,2133,2860,6491],"class_list":["post-83708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-yankees","category-mlb","category-news","tag-aaron-judge","tag-carlos-rodon","tag-clarke-schmidt","tag-gerrit-cole","tag-juan-soto","tag-luis-gil","tag-will-warren"],"modified_by":"Matt Graves","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5148"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}