5:06pm: Nova threw his usual between-starts bullpen session and told Dan Barbarisi that he felt fine. He expects to start as scheduled on Sunday but the Yankees have not yet made any kind of final announcement. I don’t think they will make an announcement, actually. The announcement would be come if Nova is not starting. So no news is good news.
12:30pm: Via George King: It is unclear if Ivan Nova will be able to make his scheduled start on Sunday due to the right triceps tightness that forced him to leave Tuesday’s game after only 79 pitches. “It’s not easy to tell if I am pitching [Sunday] … I am letting my arm get refreshed to see where I am at. I want to go,” said Nova while Joe Girardi added the team’s plan “is for him to make his next start.”
Nova, 26, said the triceps has been bothering him for about a month now. He spent about a month on the DL with a triceps issue earlier this season, so this isn’t necessarily something that just popped up. Nova has pitched very well overall (3.17 ERA and 3.36 FIP) but has labored a bit in his last five or six starts, which could easily be due to the triceps problem. The Yankees don’t have many rotation alternatives, so if Nova needs to skip his start or be pushed back, it’ll likely be Adam Warren or David Huff on Sunday. I guess Brett Marshall is in the mix as well.
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