When will Yankees prospect Domingo Acevedo return to Thunder?

Acevedo went on the 7-Day DL on April 13, retroactive to April 12. He has been out almost a month.

One of the top prospects in the Yankees system is nearing a return to action.

Domingo Acevedo, the 6-7 right-handed starting pitcher ranked number nine on the list of New York Yankees prospects, should be back on the mound in the coming weeks for the Trenton Thunder. He has been out of action with a blister on his right index finger.

He also suffered a concussion on the last road trip.

“Today, he threw his third or fourth side, and did a really nice job,” Thunder manager Jay Bell said Tuesday, before the second game of three with the Reading Fightin Phils. “He had a nice bullpen. I don’t know what the plans are. I don’ know if we are going to piggy-back him, or how we are going to work it.

“But nonetheless, he looks good. His finger feels good. I asked him today if there were any hot spots, or if it felt a little hot, and he said no. So I am excited about that.”

Acevedo went on the 7-Day DL on April 13, retroactive to April 12. He has been out almost a month.

“I am going to assume so,” Bell said on whether the organization would be cautious with Acevedo. “That is what it looks like. You don’t want the guy to go out there and throw until it blisters again, and then try to get it better.

“They are trying to get it toughened up, so that he does not have this issue again. We talked about it yesterday a little bit. I am not sure if there is a home remedy.”

Bell was not sure whether or not Acevedo would pitch a rehab start in Tampa, or if he would come right back onto the Trenton roster when he is cleared.

“As soon as I find that out, I will let you know,” Bell said. “That is one of the things that they are still (figuring out). There is still probably another side, probably a live side. So we are probably a week and a half away.”

Acevedo is 0-1, with a 2.61 ERA, in his two starts with the Thunder in 2018. He was 5-1 with Trenton last season, one of three levels he pitched at during the 2017 season. Acevedo told NJ.com’s Randy Miller Monday night that he expects to be back on the 19th or 20th of this month.

Bell also gave an update on Brandon Drury, the Yankees third baseman on rehab assignment in Trenton.

“He is going to play the next two games here, and then he will will go back up to Scranton,” Bell said. “It keeps him from having to make the bus trip to Richmond (with Trenton). But I do not know anything beyond that.”

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NOTES:

Trenton came into Tuesday night’s game with the Fightin Phils on fire.

The Thunder (19-10) had won six in a row, and eight of nine, and are in a first place Eastern Division tie with New Hampshire (Toronto Blue Jays, 18-9), which has played two less games.

In the Western Division, the Akron RubberDucks (Cleveland Indians) came into Tuesday at 19-11, 2.5 games ahead of the Richmond Flying Squirrels (San Francisco Giants, 16-13). The Altoona Curve (Pittsburgh Pirates, 15-13) are half a game back of Richmond.

Trenton plays its next 19 games against teams from the Western Division, starting Thursday with four on the road against the Flying Squirrels. The Thunder play three with Akron and four with Bowie at home, and four with Akron and Erie on the road, before Reading comes back to Trenton to end the month.

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