Fernando Cruz Nearing Return from Injured List
Fernando Cruz (oblique) will return from the injured list either Sunday or Monday, per Max Goodman of NJ Advance Media. Cruz has been on the 15-day injured list since late June due to a left oblique strain. The 35-year-old right-hander was having a solid season before getting injured, recording a 3.00 ERA and 1.00 WHIP with 54 strikeouts and two saves in 33 innings. He posted an excellent 41.2% strikeout rate and 30.5% K-BB rate. Cruz should provide some much-needed support to a Yankees bullpen that has struggled in the second half of the season, even after adding David Bednar and Camilo Doval at the trade deadline. Still, Cruz is unlikely to unseat Bednar as the closer in New York.
Source: NJ Advance Media - Max Goodman
New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said that reliever Source: NJ Advance Media - Max Goodman

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