If the Yankees are going to be able to withstand their recent injury news, their younger pitchers will have to be front and center.

The short-term implications of Gerrit Cole’s elbow injury for the Yankees are obvious. Any absence from the ace is a crushing blow for a team that will already be missing reigning Rookie of the Year Award winner Luis Gil for the next three-plus months.

Bauer, exiled from Major League Baseball since 2022, took to social media again to push for a return. With the Yankees facing a potential season-ending injury to Gerrit Cole, Bauer made his pitch.