Luis Severino set for rehab task as Yankees damage return will get nearer
ARLINGTON, Texas — Luis Severino is lastly able to get again into sport motion.
The Yankees right-hander, who has been sidelined by a strained lat because the ultimate week of spring coaching, will start a rehab task on Wednesday or Thursday with Single-A Tampa, supervisor Aaron Boone mentioned Sunday.
Severino had been slowly constructing again up with bullpens and three dwell batting observe classes, the newest one approaching Friday when he threw 40 pitches throughout three simulated innings.
Boone had mentioned on Friday that Severino would “most likely” throw one other dwell session, however as an alternative, he’s feeling sturdy sufficient to start a rehab task.
“Sevy’s doing nicely,” Boone mentioned earlier than the sequence finale in opposition to the Rangers at Globe Life Area.
It stays to be seen what number of rehab begins Severino will want as he builds up his pitch depend, nevertheless it places his potential return round mid-to-late Could if all the pieces goes nicely.
Severino could be in line to switch Jhony Brito or Clarke Schmidt within the rotation, however the Yankees have just a few weeks to go earlier than they need to make that call, assuming all of their starters stay wholesome.
Aaron Decide (gentle hip pressure) got here in Sunday “feeling a bit bit higher” once more, Boone mentioned, however he was unlikely to do any baseball actions.
The Yankees are anticipated to determine by Monday whether or not Decide wants a stint on the injured listing.
If he is ready to keep away from it, the best-case state of affairs would have him returning to play on Tuesday or Wednesday at Yankee Stadium in opposition to the Guardians.
Franchy Cordero arrived again within the clubhouse on Sunday morning as a part of the taxi squad because the Yankees awaited the outcomes of Jake Bauers’ MRI.
Bauers, who crashed into the left-field wall on Saturday night to make a spectacular catch that knocked him out of the sport, nonetheless had a little bit of a limp whereas carrying a sleeve on his proper knee.
“There’s nonetheless swelling and it’s stiff, however the ache is down,” Bauers mentioned. “I really feel like I’m strolling fairly good. I’m strolling pain-free. The one factor that’s holding my vary of movement down is the swelling. I’m certain as we speak we’ll attempt to get all of that out of there.”