Yanks' Cole takes next step, throws off mound

NEW YORK -- New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole threw off a mound Saturday morning for the first time since being shut down in mid-March, checking off another box in his road back from an elbow injury. Cole took the mound in the Yankees' bullpen at 10:40 a.m., hours before the Yankees took on the Detroit Tigers at Yankee Stadium. He said he threw 15 pitches, 13 for strikes and all fastballs. He said the pitches averaged 89 mph. "It was exciting," Cole said. "This was a good day for...