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HOUSTON -- A few hours before the start of their 2024 season on Thursday, the New York Yankees unveiled their Opening Day roster. Folded into the announcement was another piece of news: They had placed eight players on the injured list. As expected, Gerrit Cole, two weeks after being shut down with nerve inflammation and edema in his right elbow, was chief among them.
With that, the pain for Yankees fans became officially official. Instead of taking the ball on Opening Day for New York for the fifth straight year, Cole landed on the 60-day IL, meaning the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner isn't eligible to return until late May.