Yankees camp is starting with some old injuries and a worrisome new one.
On the same day it was revealed Jacoby Ellsbury will begin his spring training late because of plantar fasciitis, manager Aaron Boone said young right-hander Michael King would be shut down three weeks. He had an MRI exam and will have another when the three weeks are up. King felt pain in a recent throwing session, and the Yankees will have to wait to find out what the problem is.
The 23-year-old starter, part of a forgotten 2017 trade with the Marlins involving Caleb Smith and Garrett Cooper, shot his way up the Yankees’ system last season, rising from Single-A Tampa all the way to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, putting up a cumulative 1.