After making his third rehab start on Tuesday night, it sounds like Ryan Yarbrough will rejoin the Yankees soon.
Aaron Boone said Wednesday that the lefty’s most recent minor league outing was “probably” his last, though that had not been set in stone as of Wednesday morning.
“I haven’t seen him yet today, but good reports,” the manager said. “I watched his first several hitters. He looked sharp.”
Yarbrough, on the injured list with an oblique injury since June 22 , totaled 4.2 innings, three hits, two runs, one walk, six strikeouts and 63 pitches for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday. The 33-year-old has allowed five earned runs, walked one and struck out 12 over 11 innings on his rehab assignment.
With the Yankees’ rotation depth limited, Yarbrough has been building up as a