The right-hander has taken the first step toward a possible late-season return to the Yankees.
Montas began a throwing program on Tuesday, pitching coach Matt Blake said, after being shut down for 14 weeks following the arthroscopic shoulder surgery he underwent early in spring training.
The right-hander, who is set to become a free agent after this year, had his labrum cleaned up during the Feb. 21 surgery, at which point the Yankees left the door open for Montas to return at some point late this season.Typically for pitchers, the time down is equal to the time needed for a proper build-up, which for Montas would project out to the first week of September.“He’ll be a fresh start,” Blake said on Wednesday in Seattle.
The Yankees acquired Montas at last year’s trade deadline from the Athletics, at which point his shoulder was not 100 percent healthy,
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