It’s not even February and already the Yankees have experienced their first injury setback. On Saturday afternoon, we learned that No. 5 starter Frankie Montas will miss the first month of the season with shoulder inflammation.
It’s the third time that this injury cropped up in barely more than half a year. Montas was forced to exit a July 3rd start when he was still with Oakland and missed three weeks with shoulder inflammation. He then landed on the 15-day IL with the Yankees in September after an MRI revealed inflammation in the same area, rendering him all but a nonfactor in the postseason.