HOUSTON – Luis Gil was already on the clock, but the Yankees sped it up after his clunker on Sunday afternoon.
The club optioned Gil to Triple-A after he got crushed in a 7-4 loss to the Astros at Daikin Park.
Gil gave up six runs in four-plus innings with plenty of loud contact, including a pair of two-run homers that put the Yankees in an early hole.
Equally as troubling as the hard contact was the lack of swing-and-miss.
Gil did not record a single whiff on the 22 four-seam fastballs the Astros swung at, and only generated three whiffs overall on the 34 swings they took.
Gil was the obvious odd man out for when Carlos Rodón returns to from the injured list – he is expected to need at least two more rehab starts – but instead of waiting, the Yankees sent him packing on Sunday.