HOUSTON — There is never a good time for a starting pitcher to be diagnosed with a flexor strain in his throwing forearm.
That was what Jordan Montgomery was told Wednesday, and it could keep him away from a big-league mound for six-to-eight weeks. He won’t even pick up a ball for three weeks.
That news is quite a blow to the Yankees’ starting rotation that has played a colossal part in the team winning 10-of-11 going into Wednesday night’s game against the Astros at Minute Maid Park.
What makes it worse is the Yankees don’t have a stud pitching prospect ready to ascend from the minors to majors.