NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Didi Gregorius was quick when asked if he had a date in mind for his return from a torn elbow ligament.
“April,” he blurted.
Then he smiled, laughed and added: “We all know that’s not going to happen, but that’s what I want to do. It’s a wait and see ’til everything is cleared, everything is ready to go.”
The New York Yankees shortstop tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow while making a throw from left field after a ball bounced off Fenway Park’s Green Monster during Game 2 of the AL Division Series last Oct.