An MRI this week showed that Yankees ace Luis Severino’s injured lat is 90 percent healed, but that doesn’t mean he’s closing in on his 2019 debut. While the hope was Severino would return sometime in July, he’ll be out until at least late August, George A. King III of the New York Post reports. Any further setbacks could put Severino’s season in jeopardy, as he’ll need to participate in a full spring training (six weeks) before making his way back to the majors.
With Severino currently battling lat soreness, general manager Brian Cashman admitted to Joel Sherman of the New York Post and other reporters Sunday that the team “clearly” should have made the right-hander undergo an MRI before starting a throwing program. Cashman added that he still expects Severino to pitch this year, but the GM once again indicated he’s on the hunt for starting pitching with a month left before the July 31 trade deadline. However, New York has “heard ridiculous requests from teams willing to trade,” King writes.
Three weeks ago, before Severino’s newest setback, the Yankees were reportedly showing interest in Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner and Blue Jays righty Marcus Stroman. They’re also said to like Mets righty Zack Wheeler, who looks more and more likely to leave Queens with his club in free-fall mode. However, whether the Mets would trade him to their crosstown rivals is another matter. Tigers southpaw Matthew Boyd and Indians righty Trevor Bauer represent a couple other prominent hurlers who have been popular in trade speculation.
Any starter the Yankees could acquire in the coming weeks will have a hard time matching what a healthy Severino provides. The 25-year-old flamethrower is coming off back-to-back seasons as one of the majors’ top starters, including when he fired 191 1/3 innings of 3.39 ERA/2.95 FIP ball with 10.35 K/9 and 2.16 BB/9 in 2018. Even without any help from Severino this season, the Yankees have raced to the AL’s best record (53-28), but whether they’d be able to get through the playoffs without him is certainly in question. After all, no one from the Yankees’ 2019 rotation has come close to delivering ace-caliber production.
SHUT HIM DOWN.
“you said five minutes five minutes ago!”
…How long for those sausages Charlie?…5 minutes Turkish..
Oh yes, I like dogs, but I like caravans more…
Doesn’t matter yankees will continue to win, they are just saving him for the playoffs at this point
Not a very good pitcher in the playoffs though huh?
Small sample size, troll
Troll? What, the truth hurts? Not trolling when showing facts idiot! Kershaw is one of the most dominant pitchers in this era, and can’t pitch in the playoffs, FACTS! So am I trolling the Dodgers too? You’re just another reason why no one outside of New York likes the Yankees, except for bandwagon fans! Troll that comment loser!
I was commenting on the above comment about waiting for him till the playoffs. FACTS show he hasn’t been very good in the playoffs small sample size or not! So that makes me a troll? You yanks are a bunch of cry babies I swear!
Yeah, you’re being a troll and got called out.
Just own it at take the L.
Yeah you’re being a crybaby just like the rest of the yanker fans! Own it and you take the loss wimp like you yanks are used to doing! Go take your sniveling self and kick rocks.
Go away troll.
Lol, ignorant yanks
Can you give Tanaka some major props for being a post-season stud? Look up his numbers, they’re fantastic in the playoffs(SSS).
Late August? Which year?
This year
Who???????????????
What do you mean “who?” Severino has 450 strikeouts and and 33 wins over the past two seasons. He’s one of the Yankees’ better pitchers.
The people who watch him just don’t know how good he already is at such a young age
I ment to say the people who DONT watch him lol
Stay at least 25ft back from the trolls.
Do the damn Bauer for Frazier + pieces trade already!
Frazier is a head case in more ways than one, concussions and attitude. He is also a poor defender. I think Cleveland can do better if they decide to trade Trevor Bauer.
i think the attitude thing has been blown out of proportion by salty media members. its not a coincidence that there were dozens of articles dragging him down ever since he declined them once. Also, he seems to be over his concussions. No sign of it still lingering at this point. Defense can also be worked on. The Indians need bats
Those who have never seen him play, nor have kept up with the NY press, nor actually have inside knowledge of Frazier the player on this site always like to denigrate what they don’t know.
Head case? as compared to what? His concussion came from trying to make a very difficult defensive play in the outfield….didn’t come from banging his head against the wall when informed he wasn’t in the starting lineup.
And, as far as defense, that’s what you have coaches for, and in the era of the “we love long balls and the strikeout is just a part of todays game and no big deal”, a very questionable reason to send him to baseball purgatory!
Get over it, he’s no more an issue than any other ML prima donna on every major league team that has talent.
Finally, agree with regards to the press….lots more to write about negatively than positively with the endless “bad attitude/defense articles and posts!
I have watched him play in the minors in person and on TV so don’t say I don’t know.
The concussion issue is real. The time he missed is serious and another run into the wall can cause more serious problems. Too many concussion can cause his career to end.
As to comments made by others about Bauer. Trevor has done a super job helping the younger pitchers on the staff including Clevinger, Bieber, and Plesac.
I agree that Frazier has value, but I don’t agree that he has the level of value that Yankee fans think he has.
The Giants need bats too!
To be fair, Bauer doesn’t exactly have the best attitude either. Bauer does at least keep his antics off the field but I don’t think that’s enough for a team like the Yankees.
I’m not so sure about that: Bauer had the infamous glove toss, when his teammates made an error.
Bauer is probably the bigger headcase, because he’s borderline sociopathic.
Remember when he used Twitter to drag some random girl, because she mildly insulted him? She got tons of death threats, and he sort of apologized. He fights with writers, random fans, and players on opposing teams.
Clint was just upset that he blew a game against his arch rival.
Make your own judgments.
Fine, I would rather have Bauer than Frazier anyway. Bauer has never had arm trouble and works harder at his craft than most anyone else and has greatly helped the younger pitchers on the Indians. Do I agree with everything he does, no. But few, if any, pitchers are more dedicated to his craft than Bauer.
Bauer is not the only individual who sometimes uses twitter in the wrong way. Another one that does was put in charge. I have made my judgement.
I like Bauer, he’s a good pitcher, but to say Frazier is a headcase and Bauer is not, is just plain ignorance.
Why must so many people turn to name calling and insulting others on here when they don’t agree with them? Yes, Bauer has issues. I stated that. I also stated that Frazier has concerns as well. Which he does. Perhaps you need to learn reading comprehension.
I still would rather have Bauer than Frazier.
“Brian Cashman admitted to Joel Sherman of the New York Post and other reporters Sunday that the team “clearly” should have made the right-hander undergo an MRI before starting a throwing program.”
Seriously? How does a medical staff not do this?
A situation that screams “BIG SEXY!!!!”…..sign Colon, trade for Sandoval; then, with CC, they can attack every buffet between Toronto and Tampa……
Says the glutton for attention. Run along now and play in the traffic lil bobby.
They would still have to get Vogelbach, Tyler White, Vlad, Jr., and Devers.
Not an ace
List the reasons why not mr wannabe
An ace would have a sub 3 era pretty easy explanation
First ERA isn’t the only stat to base what an ace is, and anymore isn’t considered the strongest stat. Question, do you consider Max Scherzer an ace?, because his career era is over 3. Lastly an era of mid to lower 3 in the AL especially the AL East is considered top tier, and Severino has a 3.51. He finished in the top 3 in Cy Young in 2017 pitching to a 104 whip, and has a career 115 whip. More stats I can provide to you that shows he’s an Ace, but you can look them up.
If going based just off ERA, Verlander,Scherzer,and bumgarner all have career ERA’s over 3.00 so they aren’t aces either ?
Those guys have been in the league for 8 years or more and have post season success. Getting out of the first inning is usually what an ace does in the post season
King, you got beat: take the L.
Take the L? Verlander Scherzer and Bumgarner all have cy young’s or dominated in the playoffs two things an ace does. As far as I’m concerned severiNo hasn’t done either
Send him home, he will not pitch an inning this year. Lat issues take a full year to heal from.
This will not end well if he even throws an inning in the near future.
As far as him being anything close to an ace though, how is that even possible with 2 years of pitching under his major league belt.
At this point in there coparared careers,Matt Harvey was better look at him now.
He is a dominating pitcher but in no way an ace.
An his trends are showing he is between a 2 and 3 starter.
The first part of your post is of course fake news. You just proved your ignorance with the Matt Harvey reference. Not acknowledging he’s an ace is a further example of your lack of baseball knowledge. God all of these Yankees haters who post on here have gone beyond ridiculous.
I’d say he clearly looks like he has the makings of an ace when healthy, but he hasn’t done it long enough to put him in that top tier yet.
And Matt Harvey was an excellent pitcher his first 3 years. It’s a pretty stupid comparison though. Nobody would’ve expected Harvey’s career to turn out like this. If you want to play that game, I could just point out how much better Severino has been than Scherzer through this point in his career, which means he’s obviously going to turn into the best pitcher in baseball.
Should have traded this playoff now oft injured guy
Speak English please!
His post is a “nitemare.”
It was so stupid to trade Bob Tewksbury for Steve Trout.
At least they were able to flip him for Lee Guetterman, who was solid out of the pen.
They also got Clay Paker in the Guetterman trade, who they were able to flip for Matt Nokes.
Gene Michael was dealing.
And let’s not overlook the efforts of farm director Mitch Lukevics.
Please don’t jeopardize his career; give him the season off.
Sure the team can’t realistically hope to score double digits in every post-season game but the long term risk is not worth it (imo)
If the yanks value this young kid they wouldn’t put any time frame on his return. This type of injury can lag for a long time. The way the yanks are playing no need to rush him AT all! Go trade for an arm and shut this kid down for the year.
Nothing new your telling me here.
I said all along Louis will not come back this season.
Brett Garbage is going to play just about every game.
Do yourself a favor and upgrade the SP through the FA market.
FWD here we are today same bull
Now they wanna trade prospect for SP when they could have done it for nothing more then cash. Lemme tell you enought of the Sonny Grays and Lynns of the world
Nothing new your telling me here..
I said all along Louis will not come back this season.
Brett Garbage is going to play just about every game..
Do yourself a favor and upgrade the SP through the FA market.
FWD here we are today same bull. All they do is lead the fans on having them think their in all all these guys out there but wind up with squat.
Now they wanna trade prospect for SP when they could have done it for nothing more then cash. Lemme tell you enough of the Sonny Grays and Lynn’s of the world. This SP staff need an over haul. Let me tell you they ain’t getting no #1 back for anything right now.
They have been in this same position for how many years now?
Their have been better options out there for the past several years but all they decide to do is bring back the so called clubhouse guys..
Their are better options right now in AAA Frazier over Gardner.
The past off season was the tipping point for this team to put them over the edge. Homegrown mixed in with the FA market but they walked away from everything FA wise.
If any of you think this team is going to win the World Series with that current rotation your mistaken and when Brett Garbage goes 0-11 again they’ll just bring him back again.
And quite frankly I don’t want Stroman or Bum honestly. Yankees need two aces on top of that rotation.
If you don’t want Stroman or MadBum, who do you want? It’s easy to say get an ace, but who? Kershaw, Sale, Verlander, Snell, DeGrom, and Scherzer are already on and have been on teams that aren’t trading them. Corbin is not a #1 and he was the best available last offseason. Ok so they apparently need two aces atop the rotation. Where do you propose they get them from?
It’s guys like you that tick me off but don’t realize it’s the same conversation year after year after year.
It’s what they need for years Starting pitching and it’s guys like you who don’t see what this teams needs and rather say who who who.
I’ll go again at this
Last year FA makert
Corbin
Morton
Dallas
Trevor Bauer
Andrew Cashner
Zack Wheeler
Corey Kluber
I could type 100 guys. But remember this anyone of the guys I mentioned could be a top starter and let me say this before I get a negative response. ALL COME WITH RED FLAGS just like any ACE. But they decided to bring back the dead an older rotation the same guys who cannot get outta the 5th inning.
I would been on the phone talking to Cleveland Indians and I’d STILL be calling them until I land one of their starters.
So sit here and tell us how they STILL don’t need starting pitching.
So you want them to win a WS.
Or you wanna this to be a garage for old men cuz they feel bad or they become cheap?
If so then bring back CC
Tanaka is making 23 million in 2020 and most of you guy are worried about Corbins contract. But they’ll bring him back for 20 million and he’ll win 8 lousy games.
Bring back Brett Garbage a 4th outfielder that’s plays every day of the week as if none of you knew HE wasn’t gonna play every day.
Grow some balls cut ties tell them take a fn walk. I wanna win a WS not be garage of old Fkin tools or so called
GREAT CLUBHOUSE GUYS give me a fkin break
We need an ace. Corbin not an ace…Morton… not an ace…Dallas’s.. not an ace…Cashner.. not an ace.. Bauer .. not a Free Agent last year as you claim and has to be made available.. hasn’t been yet… Wheeler not an ace and the Mets don’t like to trade with the Yankees. Also was not a Free agent last year as you claim.. Kluber… is an ace but hasn’t been made available and was not a free agent… so please do some research before your tirades. You can’t force a team to trade their ace. This upcoming offseason Cole is available.. if the Yanks don’t make the best offer for him then you may have an argument but until then sit the F down.
I’m going to have to disagree and here is why. Most of these guys are on losing teams.
Corbin’s on a losing team throw him on the Yankees 7-5 he’d be more like 10-5. Woulda been a betteer option then Paxton happ and CC
Mortin is on a winning team. He would have been a better pick up then Happ, paxton and cc.
Anyone of those guys on the Yankees gets yes that much better. So I’m going to disagree with you just becauseof the fact that you don’t realize.
#1. The current Yankee rotation needs a big boost.
2. Anyone one of the guys I mentioned above would have better numbers being on the Yankees a winning teams.
3. The fact that you don’t know anyone of these guys would be doing better on the Yankees tells me you don’t know much about baseball.
Corbin on the Yankees would have 12 or more wins.
It’s idiots likes you how I gonna sit there and tell you what upgrades the Yankees need. How do you not know or see the Yankees could use a better SP rotation? How do you not see their “were” better options out there?
So you can safely sit here and tell us the Yankees don’t need any SP help? Or you rather just have a negative comment on every why every guy I mentions would not be a better option just becuase he’s not good enough
No one is saying that the Yankees don’t need better Starting Pitching. What they’re saying is we need the right starting pitching. Just because you know you need a car that’s better on gas mileage doesn’t mean you go right to a Prius. You shop aroind and see what fits. It’s not like the Yankees weren’t in on Corbin… but did you actually SEE his price tag?? We’d never be able to afford the other pieces we need and for that price there is better out there. If you haven’t noticed the Yanks are tired of subsidizing the rest of MLB with their luxury tax payments. There are better affordable arms out there. For a 4th-5th starter CC is the best in the game so far from that position so your argument fails there. Happ has been a letdown true but the season isn’t over yet. You have absolutely no proof only your option that Corbin, Dallas, or Morton could handle NY. There’s an equal chance they Sonny Gray under the spotlight. And Your also just thinking about winning this year. Look at the Red Sox,s year. 108 last year after putting all their money into Sale Price Eovaldi and Porcello and look where they are today… unable to put a bullpen together and getting their butts kicked. That’s where your Corbin theory takes this team. Yes we need A starting pitcher… but we need the right one not just any guy will do. Take your Beantown theories onto a Red Sox site and gripe over there .. but here in pinstripes we research before we speak not just armchair GM pretend that we know everything.
Based on history, the Yankees will probably acquire Bumgarner from the Giants in exchange for their 473rd best prospect. Who will be out of baseball by the start of next season.
Good sarcasm but not happening! No matter what Bum is the top starter on the market this year, it will cost at least 1 top 100 prospect.
Yankees are crazy not getting Bumgarner. Definitely worth the risk of a couple of prospects.
Bauer in the Bronx sounds like a match maid in Heaven
He’d be a good add. Sadly cash’s track record points to Jaime Garcia, lance Lynn, happless, gray, etc and no ace.
Fret not- cash will reason that Tanaka and pax have ace stuff and can do it (which is true every 3rd game), backed by the best pen any billionaire can buy…
Here comes Britton in the second inning…
Yankees need 2 Starters or they will not make it to the WS much less win it….
Teams like the Astros, Twins and maybe even the Rays have better 1. 2. 3 Starters that are crucial for a short playoff series…
They will not be able to slug their way to the WS and beyond..
I’ve had said this many times over for several years. This team is more concerned in bringing back guys who are good for the clubhouse.
In no way shape or form this team goes to the World Series with this current SP.
I’ll also add this team will not win anoter WS with Brett Gardner out in LF every day.
The Yankees are doing well without him–not to say they wouldn’t be better off with a healthy Sev; they surely would be. But call it a year for him–let the guy heal 100% so he can hopefully avoid further issues in the long run.
Yankees are really blowing it by not going after Bumgarner. I’ve seen enough baseball I’m my life to see MadBum is still a beast.
If the Yankees keep playing the “ but he’s a rental” card you’ll be sent packing in October. “Not worth Frazier” Card you’ll be sent packing in October.
FYI, Giants don’t want Frazier…,
Yankees already blew it but not going after SP VIA off season
For the regular season it’s no issue. Post season though it could hurt.
How many times will cash get a free pass for failing to deliver a stud SP???
Relax it’s coming Cash knows how to bring in talent
All this cryin this team is having a epic season…we could realistically lock up this division by the end of the week. Bauer is the only pitcher and possibly Kluber. Both would be a good upgrade. There is no true ace available. Trade will come.. we just basically buried the world champs this weekend. Let cash do what he does.
True but in playoffs totally different. The starting pitching is the issue with the Yankees in playoffs. The only guy Yankees can trust is Tanaka and that is issue. If Yankees don’t get an upgrade pitcher and Yankees fail to get to World Series then Cashman failed. Stroman would of been the best choice with who I am hearing is out there. However, now he is hurt and not sure if any other starters worth prospects. Forget Bumgarner as it will cost Yankees prospects plus extension. I have a feeling Bumgarner/Smith go to Red Sox as they will give Bumgarner extension after this season. It will be interesting to see. Even if Scherzer was available no way Yankees would give up that much to get him. GM Of Nationals would ask for Torres;Frazier;Davies;Andujar and another prospect at least. I don’t think Yankees would do that even if Scherzer was avail.
With Stroman injured now and Scherzer most likely not going to be traded. I am guessing Boyd and Bumgarner top choices. I just don’t see Yankees getting Bumgarner, It would cost Yankees prospects plus extension for a flyball pitcher that won’t pitch well in Yankee stadium. I am thinking Boyd most obvious choice unless another pitcher comes out of nowhere. Question remains what will it cost the Yankees to get Boyd? I am sure Detroit will want Frazier and Davies at least. I think Red Sox will get Bumgarner strange feeling on that.