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Are The Yankees Lying About Cam Schlittler's Injury?

Thursday, February 26, 2026 20:22

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I’m trying not to think the worst here, but we are talking about the Yankees here. Something doesn’t feel right about Cam Schlittler‘s ailment. First, it was minor back inflammation but now there’s also lat discomfort. I have alarm bells going off….and I REALLY want my skepticism to be wrong.

The Yankees have a horrible track record when it comes to diagnosing and treating injuries, Aaron Judge with his fractured rib and partially collapsed lung always be the example that sticks out for me. The Yankees say they aren’t worried about Schlittler, read more HERE but Aaron Boone gives his words of encouragement which only makes it worse for me.

“I expect him to be good (for the start of the season) now,” Boone said. “I don’t think he’ll be at 80-90 pitches yet, but short of that….I think he’ll two ups, 30-something (pitches) in four days and then fall into his five days. And then that next one will probably be in the game, three (innings) and 40 (pitches) or whatever.”

That sounds like a load of Baboonie crap to me because it’s very unconvincing. Lat discomfort is tough, and it is very rarely minor. I’m thinking back to Luis Severino back in 2019 and 2023, that was a big blow. What about Clarke Schmidt? He missed time from May to September 2024 with a partial tear. These injuries are not ones you bounce back quickly from. They are very slow to heal and if you try to rush back before they properly heal setbacks are common, especially if players don’t understand the cause of that injury and don’t make adjustments. This is what concerns me the most.

Last year was a heavy workload for a rookie that throws hard. I love that he can throw a fastball up to 98 mph and it fooled a lot of batters last year. While he was wowing all of us on the mound, he also pitched himself to a career high of 146 innings pitched between the big league stage and down in the minors. That’s a lot for a hard throwing rookie pitcher. It’s also hard if he didn’t rest it enough over the winter. Call it a rookie mistake.

But it could be a costly rookie mistake. I don’t know if the Yankees have done enough testing on this. Even if they have….could they honestly identify any bigger problems like a tear? Our medical staff is a joke. The Yankees already have enough to deal with pitching wise. We are already starting the season without Carlos Rodon and Gerrit Cole, we can’t afford to lose anymore pitching.

It’s early in spring….but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t going to be following this storyline like a hawk. I just hope the Yankees aren’t lying to us.

–Jeana Bellezza-Ochoa

BYB Senior Managing Editor

Twitter: @nyprincessj

Source: http://bleedingyankeeblue.blogspot.com/2026/02/are-yankees-lying-about-cam-schlittlers.html

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