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The Michael Kay Show

Hour 2: Gerrit Cole's Recovery & The Best Hitter in Baseball

The Michael Kay Show

ESPN

Sports

4.51.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Gerrit Cole spoke from Spring Training about his rehab process. Who's the best hitter in baseball, Shohei Ohtani or Aaron Judge? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.8

Eric Cole last spring training, the elbow gave out, had have Tommy John surgery.

0:48.5

They say 14 to 18 months to get back.

0:51.9

So many people are saying that he should get back maybe after the first two months

0:58.8

of the season.

0:59.9

But he threw off a bullpen mound for the first time today and was at 94 to 96.

1:06.0

This is the first time throwing off the mound.

1:07.7

Now, he's probably even throwing off the mound at home.

1:09.9

But 94 to 96, your first time throwing off the mound in spring training is extraordinary.

1:15.0

And now he's one of the reasons why some are choosing to feel good about the Yankees running it back.

1:21.2

You know, a lot of Yankee fans don't like the fact they're running it back, despite the fact that they won 94 games.

1:25.8

And one of the reasons that you give is that they are not exactly a thousand percent

1:32.7

running it back because you're going to get Garrett callback.

1:35.2

He didn't pitch an inning last year.

1:37.4

And although he had an injury yesterday, which he said was a little bit of a lat injury

1:41.9

toward the left side, middle of the back,

1:48.7

you're going to get Cam Schlittler for more than the 10 to 11 games that he pitched last year,

1:51.8

and that makes them in and of itself a better team.

1:54.2

Okay, we shall see.

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