“I’m prepared for the worst,” Cashman said late Sunday morning in Jupiter, Florida, before the Yankees played the Cardinals in a Grapefruit League game. Cashman, speaking to reporters from Newsday and the New York Post, said his many years in the game have taught him to often take a fatalistic view of things.

As the Yankees awaited Gerrit Cole’s results over the weekend, general manager Brian Cashman told reporters he was “prepared for the worst.” On Monday, after getting a second opinion, the Yankees had to accept ‘the worst.

They Yankees will likely see if role players and youngsters can step up, then assess the trade market as they learn more about themselves.