Yankees pitcher Jameson Taillon endured an up Kirk Gibson Jersey and down season during his first campaign in the Bronx last year, which ended prematurely due to a torn ligament in his ankle.This ailment ultimately required surgery, which he underwent on Oct. 28 and is expected to keep him sidelined into the early portion of next season as well. Taillon, who is now out of the walking boot he was placed in following his procedure, provided an update on his rehab and potential, yet fluid, timeline to return to the mound.I was pretty much laid up in bed with my foot elevated for the first two weeks, Taillon told recently. After that, I got put in my walking boot and I was able to really slowly start walking more. Now Im out of the boot, Ive been out of it for like 10 days and feeling really good. The inflammation is going down now, so its just kind of a buildup proce s, kind of just like the arm injuries Ive dealt with, its just such a progre sion-based thing. I just started loading squats and starting to expand what Im able to do.Taillon, 30, has dealt with a number of arm i sues over the course of his profe sional career, undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2014 while in the minors and flexor tendon surgery and a UCL revision in 2019. Not to mention, Taillon also endured a sports hernia in 2015 and received surgery for testicular cancer during the 2017 season as well.This time around, he is working towards a comeback at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York while recovering from his latest procedure.(HSS has) got a pretty good sports med department, and Ive actually been really happy with the care Ive gotten, Taillon said. Its still a little tricky because the Yankees strength department wrote out a program for me, but they dont get to see me every day, so that side Clayton Kershaw Jersey of it is kind of weird. Im obviously super lucky even just having dealt with injuries in the past. Ive got my own strength coaches Ive used back home and my own PTs.READ: While Taillon appears to be on the right track, he is still a time away from throwing, and was unable to pinpoint an exact date for when he can begin playing catch this winter.I really dont because this is such a rare injury for pitchers, said Taillon. We have a rough timeline of when I can start really playing catch, which would be sometime in like mid to late January. But even the doctor was kind of like, 'you guys are the pitching experts.' A typical offseason throwing progre sion would be like six to eight weeks of playing catch and then four weeks of bullpens. So basically everything Im doing is kind of a month behind, but Im not really sure where that will leave us at the end.Scroll to ContinueTaillon went onto detail the exact medical term and severity of the uncommon injury that he suffered down the stretch of last season.The medical term would be a longitudinal split tear of the peroneus longus tendon. Basically, I had a hole in the middle of my longus tendon. There are two tendons that run side by side and basically I tore the one thats a little le s Austin Barnes Jersey important. They basically attached the two tendons and theyre calling it a supertendon, which is kind of bada s. A supertendon in my ankle. The severity of it was kind of just common for that type of injury. It was pretty much what we expected. When I went in for my second elbow surgery, I went in thinking I was getting a flexor repair and came out with a fully reconstructed elbow. Whenever they go in and just find whats expected, thats actually kind of the best case.On a positive note, Taillon sounds rather optimistic that he can bounce back next season and remain healthy. But when describing his 2021 campaign, he shared a level of disappointment in his performance as opposed to his typical career norms.I feel like in the past, Ive kind of been a pretty consistent guy in the big leagues, said Taillon. When I was with Pittsburgh, I felt like consistency was really my strong point. I could pretty much run out there and give you five or six (innings) with like two or three (runs) almost every time.This year, it felt like my hot streak was really hot and my cold streak was really cold, which really isnt like me. That part of it was a little difficult to deal with, just kind of riding the highs and lows.The Yankees acquired Taillon from the A.J. Pollock Jersey Pittsburgh Pirates last January in exchange for a package of four prospects. Taillon finished his first season in the Bronx with an 8-6 record, 4.30 ERA and 140 strikeouts acro s 144.1 innings. He initially suffered his ankle injury in early September but was able to gut it out and return to make two more starts later in the month, including the final game of the season, helping the Yankees clinch a wild-card berth.With the departure of Corey Kluber, the Yankees are hoping that Taillon, Luis Severino and Jordan Montgomery can step up to complement ace Gerrit Cole in the rotation in 2022. And if Taillon can stay on the mound, he intends on using the le sons he Maury Wills Jersey learned from a season ago to help improve his game. There were definitely a lot of situations where, looking back, whether its pitch usage or the new repertoire I was kind of working with, I feel like there were a lot of situations where I just kind of beat myself. I had to have been near the top of the league in two-strike hits. A lot of ups and downs, but also it was very clear on what I needed to work on and what went wrong and what went right, which is not the worst thing.MORE: