The short-term implications of Gerrit Cole’s elbow injury for the Yankees are obvious. Any absence from the ace is a crushing blow for a team that will already be missing reigning Rookie of the Year Award winner Luis Gil for the next three-plus months.

Winans, a 17th-round pick of the New York Mets in 2018, is attending Yankees camp as a non-roster invitee. The 29-year-old also stands to benefit from Cole and Gil’s respective ailments.