ST. PETERSBURG — Luis Severino’s humorousness — and frustration — was on full show Sunday morning within the Yankees’ clubhouse at Tropicana Field.
Severino, working his manner again from a lat damage suffered on the finish of spring coaching, will start a rehab project this week with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. That project was initially supposed to start with a begin for Low-A Tampa this previous week, however the Yankees had him throw three innings and 40 pitches in a simulated recreation at George M. Steinbrenner Field on Friday as an alternative.
That session was closed to reporters despite the fact that the Yankees have been in Tampa Bay for a collection with the Rays.
“I think it was unnecessary not to in throw in Low-A,” Severino stated, “but I do whatever they tell me to do.”
Severino, who has expressed dissatisfaction with how the Yankees have dealt with his recoveries up to now, added “they tried to” when requested if the workforce defined why he wanted the simulated recreation earlier than beginning his rehab project. The Yankees have cited wanting to regulate the setting for Severino’s first recreation motion for the reason that spring, and Aaron Boone stated Severino’s prolonged damage historical past has influenced the right-hander’s conservative timeline, although the Yankees usually take that method with pitchers.
“He wants to pitch,” Boone stated when requested about Severino’s feedback. “He wants to get back here. He wants to get in the rotation. He feels good. So I just look at it as a competitor wanting to go.”
Severino stated “of course” when requested if he’s pissed off with how his timeline has been sluggish performed, as he feels wholesome. But he additionally understands that the Yankees are simply searching for him.
“I know they want the best for me,” the approaching free agent stated.
Severino will pitch for the RailRiders on Wednesday or Thursday. His desire is Thursday, because the membership has an 11:05 a.m. recreation on Wednesday.
“I mean, I don’t want to stay in Scranton,” Severino stated, one in every of a number of occasions he elicited laughs Sunday morning. “And I don’t want to drive at six in the morning. One day is not gonna be a big deal.”
Severino added that he needs to make two rehab begins, however he is aware of the Yankees may require extra. Boone stated he’ll want “at least a couple” on Saturday.
“Hopefully, two is enough for me. I threw 40 pitches last time. So hopefully I can get to 50. Or 47. Or 41,” Severino stated, one other joke. “Hopefully, in those two starts, I can get to 60-something pitches.”
Severino additionally stated that official video games will assist him readjust to MLB’s 2023 rule adjustments, which is partly why he objected to Friday’s sim recreation. He felt that he picked the information guidelines up effectively in spring coaching, “but that was like seven months ago,” he stated, playfully exaggerating.
“I need to get used to the clock again,” Severino defined. “Get used to the rhythm of a real game, good hitters, good batters. We’ve got some really good guys down [in Tampa], but it’s not the same as being in a real game.”
DONALDSON RAMPING UP
Josh Donaldson was additionally at Tropicana Field on Sunday. He has ramped up sprinting the final couple of days however hasn’t reached prime velocity but as he recovers from a hamstring pressure.
Donaldson began taking grounders with side-to-side motion Saturday, however he’s nonetheless not doing full-range infield work. He hasn’t suffered any extra tweaks since reaggravating his damage in a rehab recreation on April 18.
The subsequent step is for the third baseman to do two consecutive days with a heavy workload. Sunday was a light-weight day for him.
CLOSING TIME
A day after Ian Hamilton notched his first profession save, Boone stated “a little bit of everything’s in play” for the ninth inning. Clay Holmes, recent off two tough appearances, dealt with the eighth in opposition to the guts of Tampa Bay’s order within the Yankees’ Saturday win. Hamilton confronted the underside of the lineup within the ninth.
Holmes will proceed to get save alternatives, however Boone will use components like availability and the place the opposition is at within the lineup to find out who pitches when on the finish of video games. The supervisor added “not necessarily” when requested if he prefers to have a set nearer.
“We have a number of guys capable of pitching in all kinds of roles,” Boone stated.
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