For the first time this season, the Yankees had Michael King available to pitch a second consecutive day on Saturday.
at Camden Yards, but it marked a significant step for the right-handed reliever, who has not pitched on back-to-back days all season.
King threw 13 pitches to record two outs in the eighth inning of Friday’s 1-0 loss before he was replaced by lefty Wandy Peralta. It was the fourth time in his last five appearances that King threw less than an inning after he had done so just once in his first 30 outings of the season. For that reason, the Yankees have been cautious with King’s workload so far this year, but have been building towards a point at which the right-hander becomes more regularly available.“It’s nice to have flexibility,” Blake said. “If there’s a nice righty lane in there for him to go in and face them, he’s a great option before you get to Clay [Holmes].
The reliever is expected to need at least three or four rehab outings, including one in which he stretches into a second inning of action, before he could rejoin the Yankees.Nestor Cortes came through his rehab outing Friday feeling good and remains on track to make one more start before potentially returning to the big leagues.“He looked really good to me,” Boone said.
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