OAKLAND — Zack Britton left his rehab begin on Saturday with a “glute cramp,” Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone stated earlier than Sunday’s collection finale in opposition to the A’s on the Coliseum. He added that the left-handed reliever mustn’t endure an excessive amount of of a setback in his rehab from October 2021 elbow surgical procedure.
“It sounds like he cramped up in his glute and that was it,” Boone stated. “He was actually texting with me this morning. His arm feels great. It feels good today. So I don’t think it’s going to be anything too significant and he doesn’t seem worried about it at all.”
The 34-year-old Britton is within the final 12 months of his contract with the Yankees. He made simply 22 appearances final season earlier than he was shut right down to have the surgical procedure, which is Tommy John surgical procedure however the place additionally they place a brace contained in the elbow across the ligament.
Britton has 154 profession saves and had a 1.89 ERA in 2020, his final full season.
“He’ll probably do a bullpen in a couple of days and then an outing,” Boone stated.
SEVERINO STARTING BACK UP
Luis Severino threw reside batting observe on Sunday and can make his first rehab begin within the minor leagues on Friday. The right-hander has been on the injured checklist since July 14 with a lat pressure.
“He threw two [simulated innings] and 35 [pitches] this morning. … His next one will be [35 pitches] in a game in five days,” Boone stated.
Severino was 5-3 with a 3.45 ERA and a 1.070 WHIP in 16 begins when he was shut down. The 28-year-old has been adamant that he feels nice during the last 4 weeks and stated he was sad that the group moved him to the 60-day IL on commerce deadline day. The Yankees insisted it was essential to ramp him again up.
Boone was assured Severino and Nestor Cortes, who went on the IL with a groin pressure on Thursday, can be pitching for them down the stretch and into the postseason.
“I think it’s reasonable to think that they’re going to be back in the rotation and key contributors moving forward,” Boone stated. “So I don’t think that’s overly ambitious. That’s the expectation. And that’s certainly how I look at things, but I expect those two guys to be a big part of us moving forward.”
TAKE TWO
Greg Weissert had a a lot better second massive league look than his debut. The right-hander who was known as up in the beginning of this collection pitched two scoreless innings Sunday, hanging out three.
“That was big, for him to get out there after a really rough one,” Boone stated. “He kind of settled in. You got a little peek of the stuff there and he gave us a little bit of length or being able to get through some hitters. So that was good to see and hopefully something that kind of settles him in, because we do feel like he could be a contributor and if he can throw like that hopefully we get that going.”
Weissert, an 18th-round select of Fordham University within the 2016 draft, pitched to a 1.76 ERA with 67 strikeouts and 19 walks in 46 innings in Triple-A this season.
On Thursday evening, in his massive league debut, Weissert hit two batters on his first two big-league pitches with a balk in between. He recorded one out after which walked two extra earlier than Boone needed to go get him.
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