TAMPA, Fla. — The Yankees said they are being extra cautious with Luis Severino because of his recent history.
Severino is penciled in as the Yankees’ second starter of the season. The right-hander experienced “general soreness” after his start in Clearwater on Friday, so the Yankees decided to push him back and have him throw a bullpen on his fifth day rather than face the Blue Jays in a spring training game Wednesday night.
“He was a little sore coming out of his last one. So we just want to push it back a little bit,” Aaron Boone said Tuesday. “And then if we push it back and pitch him we get in a situation where we’re pitching him on the ninth day [in the regular season] or pitching him short to get another outing in so we just decided to go bullpen and then he’ll pitch Saturday.
