NEW YORK (AP) Injured All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman may be cleared by the New York Yankees to start a throwing program on Saturday.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Chapman is scheduled to see a doctor Friday and the team hopes he will be given the go-ahead.
Chapman has not pitched since May 12 because of what Girardi has called tendinitis and bursitis in the reliever’s left shoulder. Chapman will need time to build up his arm before a return.
Dellin Betances has closed in Chapman’s absence, with Tyler Clippard moved back to the eighth inning and Adam Warren to the seventh. Warren wasted a seventh-inning lead in Tuesday’s 6-2 loss to Kansas City, the second blown lead in five games for New York’s bullpen.
Chad Green has been used in long relief.
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