Next time, it should be for real for Yankees starter Luis Severino who made his last Triple-A rehab start with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Thursday night.
Next time, it should be for real for Luis Severino.
As long as Severino continues to feel healthy in the coming days, he will make his return on Wednesday against the Pirates at Yankee Stadium, manager Aaron Boone said Thursday on ESPN Radio’s “The Michael Kay Show.” Before going on the IL, Severino had pitched to a 3.45 ERA with 95 strikeouts in 86 innings across 16 starts.
Coming on for Nestor Cortes with a runner on first and no outs in the sixth inning of a 4-1 game, Schmidt punched out Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and J.D. Martinez on 11 pitches. The right-hander then delivered a quick seventh inning, including retiring a pair of lefty pinch-hitters, to serve as the bridge to Jonathan Loaisiga and Clay Holmes.