NEW YORK (WFAN) — According to WFAN’s Mike Francesa, Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda has an elbow issue and will not pitch on Thursday night. CC Sabathia will start in his place.
“I hear Pineda’s hurt,” Francesa told WFAN co-hosts Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts on Thursday afternoon. “He’s not pitching tonight, and he might be badly hurt. And I hear Nova’s hurting.”
Francesa said Pineda “could be headed to the DL” with the elbow issue.
Just a day ahead of the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline, the pitching market is thin. Both Cole Hamels and David Price have been traded. James Shields and Mike Leake might be potential targets for Yankees general manager Brian Cashman.
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And so the collapse begins.