New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is set for season-ending Tommy John surgery on his right elbow today.

The 34-year-old right-hander was examined Monday by Dr. Neal ElAttrache at the Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles.

Cole experienced discomfort following his second spring training outing Thursday.

New York also is missing AL Rookie of the Year Luis Gil, who will be sidelined at least three months because of a strained lat muscle.

Cole signed a $324 million, nine-year contract before the 2020 season.

After winning the 2023 AL Cy Young Award, the six-time All-Star didn’t make his first start last year until June 19 because of nerve irritation and edema in his right elbow. He went 8-5 with a 3.41 ERA in 17 starts, and then was 1-0 with a 2.17 ERA in five postseason starts.

VAUGHN ADMITS HGH USE >> Former major league slugger Mo Vaughn has confirmed he used human growth hormone to recover from nagging knee injury late in his career.

The 1995 American League MVP told The Athletic that he had HGH injected in his knee to extend his career.

“I was trying to do everything I could,” Vaughn said. “I knew I had a bad, degenerative knee. I was shooting HGH in my knee. Whatever I could do to help the process.”

Vaughn was one of baseball’s most feared hitters during his prime while with the Boston Red Sox in the late 1990s, hitting 39 homers with 126 RBIs during his MVP season. He began having injury issues later in his career, including his left knee and a ruptured biceps tendon that cost him the entire 2001 season.

Vaughn was among the players named in 2007 in the Mitchell Report, which looked into the use of steroids and performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. The report offered evidence that Vaughn made three separate purchases of HGH in 2001. Major League Baseball didn’t ban HGH until 2005, nearly two years after Vaughn’s last game.

Vaughn played eight seasons with the Red Sox before two-year stints with both the Anaheim Angels and New York Mets.

DODGERS’ ROBERTS GETS NEW DEAL>> Multiple reports on Monday said the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers and manager Dave Roberts have worked out a $32.4 million, four-year deal that would keep him with the club through 2029.

At that figure he could have the highest average salary among managers, topping a five-year deal in 2024 for Chicago Cubs manager Craig Counsell worth more than $40 million.

Entering the final season of his current deal, Roberts is about to begin his 10th year as Dodgers skipper. He led the team to World Series titles in 2020 and 2024.