May
15
Aardsma throws breaking balls for first time since Tommy John surgery
ByRight-hander David Aardsma threw sliders yesterday for the first time since having Tommy John surgery last summer. It was part of a 35-pitch bullpen session and he remains on track to be available to the team in August sometime. Based on the typical rehab schedule, Aardsma is about four-to-six weeks away from facing hitters and about two months away from pitching in game conditions. Since he’s a reliever and won’t need to build his way back to 100+ pitches, his minor league rehab stint figures to be a little shorter than usual.
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I half-expected the headline to read:
Aardsma threw breaking balls for first time since Tommy John surgery, then his arm fall off.
….then his arm “pinwheeled over the left field fence.”
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That Soriano signing is coming in kind of handy right about now…
Having the arm is, definitely.
If Soriano racks up the saves this year with Mo out, how likely if he opts out after the season?
Could this be a best of both worlds situation for the Yankees?
Next year, if Mo, Joba and Aardsma come back healthy, Soriano would be completely superfluous…
I wouldn’t expect too much from him this year. Control and command are usually pretty shaky when a pitcher first comes back from TJS, and Aardsma didn’t exactly have Rivera-like control pre-injury. He’s no savior. It was a deal made for 2013 . . . any great results this year would be a bonus, and a pretty big surprise.