Breaking: Yankees’ Head Coach give injury update on Yankees favorite player.

Right-handed pitcher Clarke Schmidt of the New York Yankees is getting closer to returning from his right lat strain injury in time for the postseason after spending a considerable amount of time on the 60-day injured list. On May 30, Schmidt was first put on a 15-day return. Fortunately, the Yankees’ official list of injuries and roster transfers indicates that Schmidt will take part in batting practice on Sunday, August 18. This will be his penultimate session before a probable rehab assignment scheduled for August 22.

When it was cut short at the end of May, the 28-year-old was having one of his best seasons. Schmidt struck out 33 batters in 29.2 innings while sporting a 1.82 ERA and 0.88 WHIP over his five starts in May.

Manager Aaron Boone stated earlier in the month that he anticipated Schmidt returning by the end of August. That schedule has been rescheduled.

The baseball postseason is quickly approaching, and the Yankees are in a good spot already. In the American League East, they lead the Baltimore Orioles by half a game, and no team in baseball has defeated winning opponents more often than them with 48 wins. The Bronx Bombers would benefit greatly from Schmidt’s return in mid-September, which would further strengthen their starting rotation.

Schmidt would rotate six players for New York. Someone is going to have to drop to the bullpen in the postseason. Luis Gil, Nestor Cortes, and Marcus Stroman are the most likely candidates to retreat. Out of the three, Gil has performed the best this year, but after recovering from Tommy John surgery during the previous two seasons, he might need a workload restriction.

Cortes has received a lot of tags since the All-Star Break. Between July 11 and August 8, he pitched 5 starts and gave up 36 hits and 24 earned runs in 23.1 innings. His ERA skyrocketed from 3.41 to 4.42 in roughly a month because to his losing streak. The Pinstripes have enough offensive firepower to win any game, but in the postseason, massive blowout pitching performances can kill momentum.