Less than a day after Clarke Schmidt and the Yankees said they discovered the indicator that allowed Seattle’s Josh Rojas to relay a pitch to Dylan Moore in the top of the third Tuesday, Schmidt and pitching coach Matt Blake said the issue had been addressed.
“It’ll be fixed by my next start,” Schmidt said before Wednesday’s game against the Mariners in The Bronx.
Schmidt took the unusual step of confessing he’d tipped a pitch following Tuesday’s game, after Moore drilled a 93 mph 3-2 cutter into the left-field seats.
“You could easily see it,” Schmidt said. “Half the reason I brought it up was that it was so obvious, any team would be aware of it.”
Schmidt and Blake said the right-hander would continue to work on it between starts.
“This thing seems to come up a handful of times every year,” said Aaron Boone, who saw Luis Severino deal with it as a Yankee in the past. “Obviously, it’s something that goes on in baseball, and we’re constantly vigilant [about it].”
Gerrit Cole (elbow) is set to throw off a mound this weekend, according to Boone.
Tommy Kahnle was activated from the 15-day IL prior to Wednesday’s game after missing the first part of the season with shoulder inflammation. Ian Hamilton (seven-day COVID-IL) is expected back in the bullpen at some point this weekend, Boone said.
Scott Effross, rehabbing from October 2022 Tommy John surgery and a December back procedure, is likely just weeks from a rehab assignment.
Acquired from the Cubs at the trade deadline in 2022, Effross pitched in just 13 games for the Yankees before getting injured.
Luis Gil will make his 10th start of the season Thursday and has quickly emerged as one of the Yankees’ top starters.
The right-hander will turn 26 next week and has impressed Blake with his maturity on the mound.
“Maybe I didn’t expect him to be this good this quick,” Blake said. “He’s great at making subtle adjustments.”
Gil, who arrived from the Twins in 2018 in a trade for outfielder Jake Cave, has allowed the fewest hits per nine innings of anyone in the rotation (4.8) and is tops in strikeouts (11.4).
DJ LeMahieu reported no issues Wednesday after playing another rehab game on Tuesday with High-A Hudson Valley. He worked out Wednesday but didn’t play in a game.
Boone said LeMahieu — out all season for far with a non-displaced foot fracture — will likely play another rehab game with Hudson Valley on Thursday before moving up to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre over the weekend, and is on schedule to join the team and be activated by the time the Yankees visit Anaheim on Tuesday.
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