UPDATE: New York Yankees Announce Gerrit Cole Update After Angels Game

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 15: Gerrit Cole #45 of the New York Yankees reacts in the third inning against the Cleveland Guardians during Game Two of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium on October 15, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

On Wednesday evening, the New York Yankees beat the Los Angeles Angels (in the Bronx) by a score of 5-4.

The Yankees now lead the Angels 2-1 with the series finale on Thursday.

Yankees Announce Gerrit Cole Update

UPDATE: Aaron Boone provided more details on Thursday. 

Via Gary Phillips of NY Daily News Sports: “Gerrit Cole’s pitch count will be in the mid-40s tomorrow, Aaron Boone said. #Yankees”

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Gerrit Cole’s pitch count will be in the mid-40s tomorrow, Aaron Boone said. #Yankees

11:47 am · 16 Apr 2026

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After the game, Aaron Boone announced an update on star pitcher Gerrit Cole.

Bryan Hoch of MLB.com wrote: “Gerrit Cole will make a rehab start for @SOMPatriots on Friday, Aaron Boone said.”

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Gerrit Cole will make a rehab start for @SOMPatriots on Friday, Aaron Boone said.

9:46 pm · 15 Apr 2026

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Cole missed the entire 2025 season.

He had been coming off a year (in 2024) where he went 8-5 with a 3.41 ERA in 17 games.

MLB Social Media Reacts To Cole Update

Here’s what people were saying about the update:

@RyanFieldABC: “Great night for the Yankees. They walk-off the Angels in the 9th… And Gerrit Cole will make his 1st rehab start Friday night for Double A Somerset.”

@camsmitth99: “ACE ALMOST HOME”

@Christian_NYYST: “GERRIT COLE IS COMING BACK LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”

@JetsVictim: “YES HES FINALLY GONNA BE BACK OH MY”

@Ralfy212: “Please… take your time @GerritCole45”

@JMC9787: “A gift ninth-inning win and a Cole rehab start within 20 minutes? Wow.”

Cole was the first pick in the 2011 MLB Draft.

Before the Yankees, he had spent the first seven seasons of his career playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Houston Astros.

The 2023 Cy Young Award winner has gone 153-80 with a 3.18 ERA in 317 games.

Looking Ahead For New York

The Yankees had been in the middle of a five-game losing skid before an 11-10 win over the Angels on Monday.

They now have a little bit of momentum after winning two out of their last three.

Currently, the Yankees are 10-8 in 18 games, which has them as the second-place team in the American League East (0.5 games back of the Tampa Bay Rays for first).

At home, they are 5-4 in the nine games they have played in the Bronx.

Last season, the team lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALDS.