Spring Training Roundup: Yankees’ Severino has lat strain
The New York Yankees might be opening the season with out three-fifths of their projected beginning rotation.
Right-hander Luis Severino has a low-grade lat pressure, Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone instructed reporters Saturday, placing the two-time All-Star prone to beginning the season on the injured listing.
“Obviously it’s going to put him in jeopardy to start the year,” Boone stated.
Boone expressed optimism this wouldn’t be a long-term subject however acknowledged that Severino “most likely” would get positioned on the injured listing.
Severino, 29, went 7-3 with a 3.18 ERA in 19 begins final season. He struck out 112 in 102 innings.
Boone stated the difficulty arose after Severino made his final begin on Tuesday.
“Afterwards when he was kind of doing his workout, arm-care stuff, he just felt some tightness in there,” Boone stated. “He came in the next day and it was a little tight, and then yesterday he was going to go out and throw and that tightness was still there enough to where he wanted to go get it looked at.”
The Yankees already received’t have right-hander Frankie Montas or left-hander Carlos Rodón for the beginning of the season.
Rodón, who joined the Yankees by signing a $162 million, six-year contract within the offseason, has a left forearm pressure that may trigger him to open the season on the injured listing. Rodón has been an All-Star the final two seasons, in 2021 with the Chicago White Sox and in 2022 with the San Francisco Giants.
Montas is recovering from shoulder surgical procedure and received’t start throwing till a minimum of late May.
The solely projected starters from the Yankees’ rotation more likely to be prepared for the start of the season are five-time All-Star right-hander Gerrit Cole and 2022 All-Star left-hander Nestor Cortes.
DEGROM SHARP
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Jacob deGrom struck out six over 3 2/3 shutout innings towards the San Diego Padres in his remaining begin earlier than making his Texas Rangers regular-season debut.
The Rangers had introduced Friday that deGrom would get the beginning Thursday when the Rangers open their season towards Aaron Nola and the Philadelphia Phillies. The two-time Cy Young Award winner signed a five-year, $185 million contract with the Rangers within the offseason after spending 9 seasons with the New York Mets.
GREINKE WORKS 5 1/3 INNINGS
Zack Greinke pitched 5 1/3 innings in his remaining check earlier than he will get the ball towards the Minnesota Twins in Kansas City on Thursday.
It can be Greinke’s seventh opening day begin. At 39 years outdated, he would be the oldest opening-day starter within the historical past of the Royals franchise, breaking his personal document set final 12 months. He would be the the oldest opening day starter within the American League since a 40-year-old Curt Schilling began towards the Royals in 2007.
Greinke allowed two runs on 5 hits towards the Dodgers with no walks and two strikeouts.
“He was great today,” first-year supervisor Matt Quatraro stated.“It certainly looked like the way they (Dodger batters) were taking those pitches, he was just dotting the plate on both sides. His two-seamer and changeup looked really good. It was encouraging.”
VOIT OPTS OUT
First baseman Luke Voit has opted out of his minor league cope with the Milwaukee Brewers, giving the veteran slugger the chance to barter with different groups. He additionally may nonetheless return to the Brewers on a significant league contract.
In different Brewers news, right-hander Adrian Houser left his begin Saturday after 1 2/3 innings attributable to groin tightness.
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