Bronx Pinstripes · Feb 5, 2020
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Last season, the Yankees set records for Injured List stints. The organization even went so far as make sweeping changes to the training staff. But as the old saying goes, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
On Wednesday afternoon, seemingly out of the blue, the Yankees announced that James Paxton underwent back surgery. If you want to get technical, it was described as a “microscopic lumbar discectomy with a removal of a peridiscal cyst.” The surgery was performed by Dr. Andrew Dossett in Dallas, Texas. Paxton is expected back in 3-4 months.