TAMPA, Fla. — Every once in a while you run into a news cycle that radically changes a team’s trajectory.

Yankees right-hander Luis Gil will miss the first few months of this season — if not more — with a high-grade lat strain.

Luis Gil was relayed the bad news Monday when the Yankees got the results from his weekend MRI. The shoulder tightness that ended his bullpen last Friday after four or five pitches is a serious injury ...