Britton, who dealt with a Covid-19 diagnosis in January that set his offseason training back, hadn’t yet pitched in a spring training game. After his most recent bullpen session, he complained of elbow soreness which, as any good Yankee fan would know, me

After an uneventful first few weeks of spring training, Zack Britton has snagged the award for first Yankee on the 2021 Injured List.

Britton, who dealt with a Covid-19 diagnosis in January that set his offseason training back, hadn’t yet pitched in a spring training game. After his most recent bullpen session, he complained of elbow soreness which, as any good Yankee fan would know, means a trip to the MRI machine.

Soon after the MRI was taken, the Yankees organization announced that Zack will return to New York Wednesday to undergo arthroscopic surgery to remove a pesky bone chip from his left elbow.