{"id":630810,"date":"2026-03-18T23:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/630810\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T23:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:09:17","slug":"gerrit-cole-checked-every-box-in-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/630810\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerrit Cole checked every box in return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gerrit Cole is back on the mound, and The Post\u2019s Joel Sherman breaks down a massively important inning from the Yankees\u2019 ace.<\/p>\n<p>It may have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/18\/sports\/gerrit-cole-flashes-heat-during-eventful-inning-in-yankees-spring-debut\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">been just 10 pitches<\/a>, but he tried out his entire repertoire and was forced to cover first on a bunt as his recovery, 53 weeks after Tommy John surgery, continues.<\/p>\n<p>His superpower \u2014 his delivery \u2014 was on full display and will play a huge role in his looming comeback. He\u2019ll throw a bullpen session again in a few days and will continue to build up before joining the Bombers again.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s OK for fans to begin dreaming about <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/17\/sports\/one-gerrit-cole-inning-means-everything-to-contending-yankees\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his return to the rotation<\/a>, which seems to be on the earlier side of the expected 14-18 month schedule \u2014 though no one is planning to rush anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gerrit Cole is back on the mound, and The Post\u2019s Joel Sherman breaks down a massively important inning&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":630811,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2376],"tags":[5,2281,4,1690,62,2548,2547,185,430,428,151,142],"class_list":{"0":"post-630810","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-yankees","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-gerrit-cole","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-yankees","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkyankees","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-sports-columnists","17":"tag-sports-plus","18":"tag-spring-training","19":"tag-yankees"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116252702546413837","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630810\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}