ARLINGTON, Texas _ After missing the first 151 games because of injury, Luis Severino looked surprisingly sharp in his first two starts.
That was not the case Saturday night against the Texas Rangers in his final tune-up for October, though he did recover from a 33-pitch first inning in which he walked three batters and allowed the first runs of his severely truncated season.
The Yankees lost, 9-4, but nothing occurred in Severino's three-inning outing that was disqualifying in terms of his being a legitimate postseason option.
