ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The injury replacement is now injured himself.
New York Yankees pitcher Chase Whitley left Thursday night’s 6-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in the second inning because of a sore right elbow.
“There’s obviously a concern about this,” manager Joe Girardi said. “It’s in that area you don’t want to talk about.”
Whitley has been filling a rotation spot that opened when Masahiro Tanaka was sidelined. The right-hander will undergo an MRI and further examination Friday.
“It has been there for a while, but adrenaline would take over during the game and I was fine,” Whitley said.