Manager Joe Girardi shuffled his rotation at the beginning of this week, pushing Luis Severino’s scheduled start from Wednesday to Friday for two reasons: First, it would prevent the Minnesota Twins, a potential opponent for the Yankees in a wild-card playoff game, from getting a look at Severino. Second, it would give Severino — in his first full major-league season — a few extra days of rest.
But in a nod to the fluid nature of the American League East, and of wild-card playoff races, Girardi changed his mind on Tuesday: Severino, he said, would start on Wednesday against the Twins.