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A defiant Fernando Cruz working to return to Yankees without elbow surgery: 'I'm going to beat this'

Published by SNY on September 23, 2026 at 6:20 PM ET

Yankees reliever Fernando Cruz has been working his way back to the team after suffering a partially torn UCL, and refuses to have surgery.

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