PT TODAY: Montas injury creates NYY rotation opening

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NEWS: Yankees RHP Frankie Montas to miss more time after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on shoulder.

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BHQ SPIN: Team officials have walked back some initial reports that Montas would not pitch in the 2023 season, but he is expected to be out until the second half, at a minimum. A spring competition had already been shaping up between RHP Domingo Germán and RHP Clarke Schmidt now has higher stakes — a rotation spot that may become permanent. There may even be room for both, if the hamstring injury that is keeping LHP Nestor Cortes out of the World Baseball Classic lingers, though Cortes has said he will be available by Opening Day. Out of minor league options, Germán figures to make New...

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