ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Lou Trivino’s trip home to the Bronx was hit by a speed bump.
The Yankees relief pitcher was doing bullpen sessions as he rehabbed from UCL reconstruction surgery, but was inactive due to elbow inflammation.
A team spokesperson said Trivino was examined by Dr. Neal El Atrache and the Yankees’ team physician, and recent imaging tests revealed inflammation.
He is currently in the second week of a three- to four-week closure period.
“There are no ligaments.”[-related]That’s a good thing,” manager Aaron Boone said Sunday morning at Tropicana Field. “I think they feel it’s trivial.”
Trivino may have recovered too quickly after undergoing elbow surgery last May.
He already had bullpen sessions in February, when he re-signed with the Yankees on a one-year, $1.5 million contract with a $5 million team option in 2025.
Coach Boone recently said that Trivino was feeling better by the time the team finished spring training.
The Yankees had hoped to add the veteran to the bullpen at some point this summer, but that was put on hold.
Trivino is rehabbing at the Yankees’ player development facility in Tampa, along with fellow reliever Scott Efros, who is recovering from back surgery and Tommy John surgery.
Boone said Efros is expected to move on to opposing batters “soon” and could be an option at some point this summer.
“I hope that someday we’ll see these two here,” Boone said.
