When the Yankees were besieged by injuries to pitchers at the outset of the season, among the most concerning was Luis Gil’s lat strain. After earning AL Rookie of the Year honors in 2024 on the strength of a 15-win, 3.50 ERA campaign, the right-hander was expected to serve as a key cog in this year’s rotation. Instead, his debut was delayed until last month. Since that time, he’s served as a welcome addition to a rotation that had lost ace Gerrit Cole and mainstay Clarke Schmidt for the season.

In seven starts since coming off the IL, Gil’s results have been all the Yankees could have asked for. Since his first outing, a five-run, 3.1-inning clunker in Miami, the 27-year-old has gone 3-0 with a 2.25 ERA, throwing at least five innings in each start and at least 90 pitches in all but one.

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