Luis Gil, the 2024 American League Rookie of the Year Award winner, has been shut down for at least six weeks with a high-grade lat strain, New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters late Monday afternoon.

With the season starting in just under four weeks, any sort of shutdown puts Gil's rotation spot to start the season in jeopardy. Marcus Stroman is waiting in the wings, though, and remember that he already declared himself a starting pitcher amid trade rumors and talk that he might possibly be moved to the bullpen.

Yankees right-hander Luis Gil will start the season on the injured list because of a high-grade lat strain in his pitching shoulder that will prevent him from throwing for at least six weeks

The New York Yankees need to fill Luis Gil's role in the pitching rotation after the righty went down with an arm injury.

New York Yankees starting pitcher Luis Gil has been diagnosed with a high-grade lat strain in his right shoulder and will be out at least a couple of months.

The Yankees received a brutal blow to their rotation depth with the news that Luis Gil suffered a high-grade lat