TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees can’t afford to have any more injury adversity in their starting rotation this spring, but the blows keep on coming. They’ve already lost Gerrit Cole for the year (Tommy John surgery) and Luis Gil (high-grade lat strain) for the first three months of the season, if not more.

Manager Aaron Boone told reporters that Schmidt has soreness in his pitching shoulder. In addition to Cole, the Yankees are also missing young phenom Luis Gil for multiple months with a right lat strain.

The Yankees can’t afford to lose another starting pitcher, yet that’s exactly what might be happening. On Sunday, manager Aaron