Severino Has an Inflamed Rotator Cuff

Yankee Ace, Luis Severino missed his scheduled Spring debut today due to shoulder discomfort.  They are now calling it RC inflamation, so he'll be down for weeks, not days - if all goes well - and won't be able to start on opening day. Let's hope for the best, because we are not currently equipped to replace him, unless Johnny Lasagna is ready to rock. It would be a shame to see them reach for a Kuechel, and tough to make another trade without hurting other plans.

In other news, Sonny Gray was telling anyone who would listen that his problem here was that the Yanks kept insisting he throw more sliders, when he believed he couldn't really control it and had preferred to bounce them for strike three when he had been a successful starter in Oakland. That really has to be looked out. I know the Astros are always telling pitchers to do one thing or another more, but this flat did not work.