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New York Yankees: Injury update; Luis Severino, James Paxton, Aaron Judge, and Masahiro Tanaka

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Luis Severino: Forearm soreness

Severino noticed forearm and elbow soreness dating back to his last start in the offseason against the Houston Astros. During the offseason, he has had MRIs and CAT scans that have failed to show anything wrong. As he started his pitching routine in spring training, he noticed he had no trouble with his fastball or in his slider but found he had forearm soreness when he threw his changeup. Manager Aaron Boone had him undergo tests with New York Yankees team physician Dr. Chris Ahman on Friday which also showed nothing wrong, but with the soreness persisting Boone shut him down and has sent him back to New York where he will go through a battery of tests with Dr.