ESPN's Mike Greenberg says losing Gerrit Cole puts a dark cloud over the Yankees chances of making it back to the World Series.

New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has undergone Tommy John surgery and will miss the entire 2025 MLB season, according to the team. The surgery included internal bracing, a relatively new procedure that improves the level of support on the ligament and can speed up recovery time.

Here are a handful of starting pitchers to watch through the first few months of the season who could, eventually, be traded and help the New York Yankees replace Gerrit Cole.

Carlos Rodon provided NJ Advance Media step-by-step details of his 2019 Tommy John surgery to give Yankees fans an idea of what ace Gerrit Cole was and will be dealing with .

Yankees ace Gerrit Cole underwent UCL surgery this week, which included internal bracing. The bracing is to fortify the elbow, and recovery time still stands

Mehul R. Shah, who is an Orthopedic Surgeon with NYU Langone Health, joins Brandon London, to provide insight into the elbow injury that led to Yankees ace Gerrit Cole electing to undergo Tommy John surgery and whether the former Cy Young winner should’ve gotten the procedure after last year’s elbow injury scare.