The right-hander Chad Green, who left his start on Friday with pain in his right elbow, had a magnetic resonance imaging test on Saturday that revealed he had a sprained ulnar collateral ligament and a strained flexor tendon in the elbow. Green will see the team physician, Dr. Christopher Ahmad, in New York on Monday for further evaluation. Green quite likely will not pitch again this season, but he said that at this point, he did not believe that he would require surgery. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn 16 starts at Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this year, Green had a 7-6 record, a 1.52 E.R.A. The Yankees acquired Green and the right-hander Luis Cessa in a December trade that sent Justin Wilson to the Detroit Tigers.

Source: New York Times September 04, 2016 00:13 UTC