The Gerrit Cole scare appears to be over.
Cole felt “better,” he said, in throwing a bullpen session Friday that lines him up to rejoin the rotation Sunday.
The reigning AL Cy Young winner was scratched from his Tuesday start due to body fatigue.
Given a few extra days to recover — he will pitch Sunday on 10 days’ rest — Cole said he now feels fine.
There were immediate concerns around the 33-year-old, particularly because he was shut down in spring training and eventually diagnosed with nerve inflammation and edema in his throwing elbow because he was not bouncing back well from his outings.
The hope is that after seven up-and-down starts to begin his season, Cole just needed a breather and this delay will be a one-off.
“That’s what I’m hoping,” Cole said before the Yankees opened a series with the Blue Jays in The Bronx.