Luis Severino's first minor league rehab start will come on Sunday in Scranton instead of Trenton, Yankees manager Aaron Boone announced Wednesday. The right-hander will pitch in his first game since 2018 and try to get back before the end of the regular season.
"We just want him there in that environment," Boone said before Wednesday's series finale against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. "He'll go there Sunday and I believe (Jordan Montgomery) is actually going to throw there on Friday."
Severino was warming up for his first spring training game when he felt pain in his shoulder. That turned into a six-month saga of injuries that went from the rotator cuff inflammation he was diagnosed with in March to a strained lat muscle.
With a week left in the minor league regular season, the Yankees are not certain about how stretched out they can get him. They have talked about doing that work in the big leagues, using him in short spurts, perhaps out of the bullpen.
"I don't know if it's necessarily where he can immediately help us. It's what makes the most sense in building him up the right way so he can impact us the most down the stretch and hopefully into the postseason," Boone said. "We'll get through Sunday and make that evaluation about what is the next best step for him. The idea is that he will go a couple of innings, 35 pitches, probably throw another 10 pitches following the game to build him up. Then we'll see what we do from there."
