NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole threw 15 fastballs in a bullpen session Saturday, marking his first time off the mound since getting injured in spring training.
After making some tosses at various distances in the outfield, Cole said he averaged 89 mph in a session that was not maximum effort and described it as “average.”
“Obviously it’s a progression off the mound but I gotta see how the next 48 hours go before I decide when I’m gonna get off the mound again,” Cole said. “Somewhere between one and five, not on the backside of the middle of that graph.”
Cole said he threw 13 strikes in a session that took place before the Yankees handed out promotional bobbleheads with his likeness for “Star Wars Day.”
“It’s a nice day all together,” Cole said. “I was fired up this morning when I came in and yeah I’ve just been missing it. So it’s nice to be back on the mound.”