Cole, nearing return, reaches 99.6 mph in Triple-A...
Key takeaways
- Returning from reconstructive elbow surgery March 11 last year, Cole threw 56 pitches for strikes and averaged 97 mph with his fastball.
- He allowed one run and six hits with six strikeouts and one walk in his sixth minor league start.
- Cole has a 4.71 ERA over 28⅔ innings, allowing 28 hits while striking out 28 and walking three.
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MOOSIC, Pa. -- Gerrit Cole reached 99.6 mph with his four-seam fastball, throwing 86 pitches over 5⅓ innings for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre against the Syracuse Mets on Saturday night in likely his next-to-last minor league injury rehabilitation start before rejoining the New York Yankees.
Returning from reconstructive elbow surgery March 11 last year, Cole threw 56 pitches for strikes and averaged 97 mph with his fastball.
He allowed one run and six hits with six strikeouts and one walk in his sixth minor league start. It was his first at Triple-A after two for High-A Hudson Valley and three for Double-A Somerset. He was pulled after getting an 0-2 count on Eric Wagaman, and he was relieved by Yerry De Los Santos with a 2-1 lead.