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Luis Severino Likely Out Until May

By Steve Adams | March 15, 2019 at 11:19am CDT

Yankees general manager Brian Cashman provided a more concrete timetable for right-hander Luis Severino to return from his current shoulder troubles Friday, revealing that the organization doesn’t expect Severino to pitch in a big league game until sometime in May (Twitter link via Bryan Hoch of MLB.com). Severino is currently in the midst of a two-week shutdown stemming from inflammation in his right shoulder’s rotator cuff. He’s expected to begin playing catch next week.

There’s more optimistic news surrounding fellow starter CC Sabathia, as Cashman indicated that the veteran left-hander could pitch in big league games in the month of April (via Hoch). Beyond his recovery from offseason knee surgery and an angioplasty procedure, Sabathia is still facing a five-game suspension for throwing at now-former Rays catcher Jesus Sucre late in the 2018 season. Cashman suggested that the team may carry Sabathia on the Opening Day roster, which would allow the clock on said suspension to begin sooner.

Given today’s updates from the general manager, it seems that the Yankees will spend at least a month of the season patching together the rotation behind healthy starters James Paxton, Masahiro Tanaka and J.A. Happ. The Yankees have depth in the form of Domingo German, Jonathan Loaisiga, Chance Adams and the out-of-options Luis Cessa, and the frequent off-days baked into the early-season schedule should aid the team as well. The Yankees (like all clubs) won’t technically need a fifth starter for the first couple of weeks because of those off days, which could at least help them patch the gap until Sabathia is ready to take the hill.

Still, the timetable on Severino is an unwelcome one — particularly if there are any setbacks or lingering complications from his current shoulder issue. While the Yankees do have the depth to navigate the early absences of Severino and Sabathia, they’ll also continue to be speculatively linked to remaining free agents such as Gio Gonzalez and Dallas Keuchel until that pair has come off the boar and signed with a new organization. Either hurler would be a boon to the projected Opening Day rotation, but signing either would also give the Yankees six legitimate MLB starters for what figures to be five rotation spots if the entire group were to become healthy at the same time. There are also luxury-tax implications to consider; the Yankees’ current contracts bring their luxury-tax ledger to $226MM, per Roster Resource’s Jason Martinez, meaning they would pay a 32 percent tax on any theoretical free-agent signing.

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  1. Bald Vinny

    6 years ago

    Sale had shoulder issues last year. He can bounce back.

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    • joshua.barron1

      6 years ago

      Sale didn’t exactly bounce back lol

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      • terrymesmer

        6 years ago

        Sale had 6.9 WAR last year and pitched in the World Series. He bounced back.

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        • Jonthunder

          6 years ago

          As a Yankees fan, I’ll take it.

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        • mikeyank55

          6 years ago

          New year. New WAR.

          Sale was in clubhouse today saying, “Lucky we don’t have to face them yet.” Price responded, “I’m not facing them until June or July”.

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        • whynot 2

          6 years ago

          The voices in your head are not real… don’t forget to take your meds

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        • xabial

          6 years ago

          whynot, I don’t always agree with MY55, but at least mikeyank55 sticks to baseball related. Your Mets’ self is easily triggered.

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        • deweybelongsinthehall

          6 years ago

          Enough with the preseason bantering. Sox have won the division three years running (and of course last year’s WS). Means nothing once the season starts. Should be interesting with the different pitching approaches. It’s more than just Sox vs. Yanks. It’s old school (deep starting staff) vs. new school (amazing pen). At least on paper that’s what it looks like. Injuries could be the real difference though.

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    • todd76

      6 years ago

      Bad news for the Spankees.

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      • martyvan90

        6 years ago

        Good one Toad.

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      • mikeyank55

        6 years ago

        Bad news for Todd boy. Red Sox bullpen is absolutely porous dope.

        14 runs….

        Lol

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    • Solar Flare

      6 years ago

      Yeah, but as good as Severino is, he is nowhere as good as Sale is.

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      • toptekjon

        6 years ago

        Yet. He was better for half a season last year. The talent is definitely there to be a top 5, if not top overall pitcher in baseball. Long way to go still though, and health has to come first.

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        • bigkempin

          6 years ago

          Say what? 1st half….
          Severino: 2.31 ERA, 1.005 WHIP, 144K’s
          Sale: 2.23 ERA, .899 WHIP, 188K’s
          Sale wasn’t leaps and bounds better than Severino but he was definitely better. Wins don’t make a pitcher better.

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        • User 3617846742

          6 years ago

          I think Sevy would be much better if he could get away from Larry the pitching coach. It will be interesting to see how Sonny Gray does this season.

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  2. johnwhitney2000

    6 years ago

    Maybe a blessing in disguise. He faded end of the year last year. Maybe he will have more in the tank.

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    • n13gmlb

      6 years ago

      Dang, I was gonna right the same thing, He faded out last year, maybe the extra rest and prep time will get him back in time to string along and be ready for the big games in the summer and forward.

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      • kc38

        6 years ago

        Extra rest is a smidgeeeee different than having a bum shoulder lol

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    • SupremeZeus

      6 years ago

      When your best pitcher is out because of injury, that is a negative…not a positive. The New York Yankees are a far better team with Luis Severino pitching than not.

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    • Soxfan912

      6 years ago

      A shoulder issue is rarely a blessing in disguise. The best case scenario here (for the Yankees) is that they are leading the division by then and do not have any reason to rush him back until he is truly 100%. Problem is this is a lot like what the Sox tried to do with Sale last year, but even he wasn’t the same.

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    • Bernie's Dander

      6 years ago

      I admire your optimism, but it’s hard to spin this as a positive when the Yankees only potential ace is out for a significant chunk of the season.

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      • axisofhonor25

        6 years ago

        Paxton will be an ace if he’s healthy all year, Tanaka showed a low number 1 high 2 numbers last year despite the rough first half. Even if Sevy comes back Paxton will asset himself as the staff ace. Tanaka has shown promising number with his pitching adjustments last season. He’s poised for ace numbers as well.

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        • Bernie's Dander

          6 years ago

          Paxton has never been an ace(in one of the best pitcher’s parks in the AL). Nor has he ever been able to stay healthy. Suddenly he will pitch in the AL East bandboxes and be an ace(and healthy)? Not buying it.

          Tanaka is a #3 who pitches even better in the playoffs. You can’t call him an ace with a straight face. He’s not improving. He’s been around a long time now. We know exactly who he is by now.

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        • mikeyank55

          6 years ago

          Hey Bernie-We as in the team that got blown out today?

          Or we as in the team with NO bullpen?

          Forget about NO closer, you can’t get to the closer when you have NO bullpen.

          And if you are getting on Price repeating, your wife should protect your mortgage so you don’t get thrown out of your house.

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        • Bernie's Dander

          6 years ago

          Are you talking about the defending World Champs, Mike? The team that has won 4 World Series in 15 years? I think they will be just fine. They crushed the Yankees last year. It wasn’t even close. Perhaps the Yankees have narrowed the gap a bit going into 2019. But it would be about time, quite honestly. The Yankees have mostly been a non-factor for a decade.

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        • butch779988

          6 years ago

          Nope

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        • butch779988

          6 years ago

          Today means nothing Sox have Yanks number and have for awhile. Come back in September and tell me.

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        • Bernie's Dander

          6 years ago

          Is this guy seriously celebrating the results of a Spring Training game? Amazing how far the standards have fallen for Yanks’ fans.

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        • hockeyjohn

          6 years ago

          That is a lot of IFs. All for AL teams have weaknesses that will lead to an interesting and exciting race. Boston has their bullpen, Houston lost 3 starting pitchers from last year. Cleveland has their inexperienced outfield, and the Yankees have their starting pitching. problems. Paxton has to prove he can pitch 200 innings. Severino has to prove he can pitch at a high level throughout a whole season. Until they do, they are not an ACE in my book.

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        • mikeyank55

          6 years ago

          No bullpen=no bullpen
          Empty farm=empty farm

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  3. Badfinger

    6 years ago

    First it was he’ll miss the first two weeks of the season. Now it’s May. Next it will be surgery and see you next year.

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    • jdgoat

      6 years ago

      The Tulo curse? Sounds eerily similar aha

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    • mattyvince

      6 years ago

      Nothing changed, he is still being shut down for 2 weeks,then he basically hasp to go through 6 weeks of spring trading in April

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      • Reggie Smith

        6 years ago

        He was “shut down for two weeks” on March 5th. Are you saying he’ll start pitching in 4 days?

        Yes things have changed.

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  4. VonPurpleHayes

    6 years ago

    Yankeees schedule is pretty easy at the beginning of the year. This move can actually help them. A healthy Severino at the end of the year could be huge.

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    • rs04071318

      6 years ago

      The fact that he’s injured to start the season in no way implies that he will be healthy at the end of the season. If anything, it indicates there may be lingering problems to deal with (or worse). Starting the season with health issues is never a good thing.

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  5. Matt_Angel_Bronco_Laker

    6 years ago

    Such a talent. Hope he’s not out long.

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  6. Get Tased at CBP

    6 years ago

    Lots of optimistic comments here. Bum shoulders are a potentially long-lasting DL stint.

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  7. bigdaddyhacks

    6 years ago

    That will work our well because usually Paxton gets a hang nail or a runny noise and misses most of June.

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  8. Louiebeans

    6 years ago

    Does anyone know why they didn’t go out and get SP this past off season? Gotta be one of the dumbest no moves of this off Yankee season.

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    • VonPurpleHayes

      6 years ago

      They signed multiple SPs this offseason.

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      • jleve618

        6 years ago

        There was that one trade as well.

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      • Bocephus

        6 years ago

        They signed one…

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        • Solar Flare

          6 years ago

          No two, Sabathia and Happ.

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        • Bocephus

          6 years ago

          CC can’t be considered an add.

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        • Begamin

          6 years ago

          But he can be considered a signing. You know, because he was signed.

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    • MB923

      6 years ago

      They have 2 different starters (now 3 with Severino out) on their projected opening day roster this year than they had last year.

      Paxton and Happ are basically replacing Montgomery and Gray.

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    • rrddbb44

      6 years ago

      Re signed Sabathia and Happ and traded for Paxton. Not sure what else you want…

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      • Bernie's Dander

        6 years ago

        They never should have resigned Sabathia. At best, he can give you 5 innings now.

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        • AtlSoxFan

          6 years ago

          Thats 5 more innings than they’d have without him, and it’s not exactly an expensive contract either

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        • Solar Flare

          6 years ago

          He doesn’t need to go more than 5.

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        • Begamin

          6 years ago

          “they should never had signed a 5th starter to be their 5th starter”

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  9. 28rings

    6 years ago

    Forget Keuchel… Not worth giving up the draft pick… Sign Kimbrel instead and go with an opener.

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    • Bocephus

      6 years ago

      lol

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    • MB923

      6 years ago

      Didn’t Kimbrel also get a QO?

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    • R.D.

      6 years ago

      Oof, with that bullpen that would be terrifying.

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    • Bernie's Dander

      6 years ago

      Kimbrel would cost you a draft pick, as well.

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  10. Z-A 2

    6 years ago

    lol

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  11. Braves4Ever2025

    6 years ago

    Real question, will Keuchel even be ready to go in April? The season starts in 2 weeks and he hasn’t exactly been pitching games in spring.

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  12. Yankeedynasty

    6 years ago

    Time to sign Keuchel

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  13. fitsiqis65

    6 years ago

    good thing we got happ and cc back.

    get well seve, you’re my only hope

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    • brian trashman

      6 years ago

      I’m working the phones….. Dwight Gooden or Bartolo Colon…..

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      • fitsiqis65

        6 years ago

        does dwight have a weight and cardiac problem? if so he’ll take 2.

        Its amazing how many people here fail to understand Cashman’s ineptitude and mismanagement of the rotation.

        like having gardy cc and DJ on the roster matter one bit…

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      • SargentDownvote

        6 years ago

        “And starting for the New York Yankees on this Opening Day of 2019…

        Domingo German.” (mic echo)

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  14. Sir Becks

    6 years ago

    How they didn’t know this before offer that extension. TJ is looming on horizont

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    • Yankeepatriot

      6 years ago

      You can’t predict any type of injury

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      • SargentDownvote

        6 years ago

        One day, nothing shows up on the MRI.

        Then *WHOOP* there it is.

        Can I get an AMEN?

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    • rs04071318

      6 years ago

      TJ for a shoulder problem? That might not be the best treatment plan.

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  15. top jimmy

    6 years ago

    Time to sign Keuchel or Gio.

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  16. SargentDownvote

    6 years ago

    This should not be an issue. Let’s just hypnotize Severino into thinking he’s on the last year of his contract. He’ll be on the mound Opening Day. Amazing how quickly injuries heal.

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  17. SalaryCapMyth

    6 years ago

    This is why Keuchel can hold out and still do better than a 1 year deal. This happens every year. At some point in spring training, 2 or 3 teams have a key starter go down for a significant fraction of the season. It’s still hard to see 5 years but maybe a team will cave on 4 years.

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  18. fitsiqis65

    6 years ago

    Yanks are in a bind. Keuchel and Gio are not upgrades (or at least not enough of an upgrade) to warrant an investment at this point. They Yanks can easily make the playoffs with the boat load of AAAA talent arms cash the genius likes to stock up on.

    The issue will once again be October when we throw happ out against porcello or cole in a big spot and he gets bombed by the 3rd.

    All cash needed to do was get an ace. he’s had years do it and just doesn’t. One stud reliable number 1 guy. That is it. he does that the job is done and we plan the parade.

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