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Aaron Boone discusses a frustrating injury suffered by the Yankees that puts Brian Cashman in a bad light.

Yes, yet another transaction involving Brian Cashman that brings the New York Yankees zero benefits. Ever heard that one before? The news of this injury puts even more weight on the additions of Juan Soto and Alex Verdugo, as 2024 seems more and more like a championship-or-bust campaign.

During spring training on Wednesday, manager Aaron Boone carried out the yearly custom of providing an unexpected injury report that could potentially ruin the Yankees season in its early stages.

Having not thrown since October of 2022, reliever Scott Effross who was acquired for top prospect Hayden Wesneski at the trade deadline had back surgery in December and won’t be available until the summer.

Well, so we weren’t behaving strange when we questioned why it was said that Effross wasn’t expected to be ready for the season to begin even though he had Tommy John surgery in mid-October 2022.

Fans felt something was wrong once more, but they were kept in the dark. Why would the Yankees take such action, then? It’s always preferable to hold off until everyone is high on the prospect of a thrilling 2024 campaign, that way you can make them regret it when they believe they have it made.

Yankees News: Scott Effross will not return until 2024 after undergoing back surgery.
Effross is under management through 2027, but 2024 seemed like a wasted season for the right-hander since he needed to be there. Recovering from reconstructive elbow surgery, which often takes months, is already a challenge in and of itself. Including a back surgery, it’s likely that the true Effross won’t be revealed until 2025.

This circumstance does not assist Brian Cashman’s case, especially in light of his tirade at the GM Meetings when he chastised reporters and claimed that it “sucked” injuries, especially the one to Frankie Montas, to occur and make his transactions appear worse.

Whether or not the team can control it at this stage, the pattern is concerning. Every year, there are unreported details regarding a player’s health or an odd injury that causes everything to go awry.

Wesneski isn’t exactly causing the Yankees to regret his trade, but both his 2023 89.1 innings and his 2024 complete health would have been beneficial. He still has a lot of growth ahead of him as he approaches his 26th season.

Effross? He has pitched in Major League Baseball for 71.1 innings, recently turned 30, and probably won’t return to the mound for the Yankees until July or later. that would want to manage a pitcher that is getting older, past his peak, and never available for more years? Whatever the purpose of the exchange, this ends up in the useless pile, which has grown to the size of a building in New York City.