Kim Klement/USA Today Sports, via Reuters
The Yankees’ tenuous rotation depth took a significant hit Tuesday when the right-hander Luis Severino was found to have rotator cuff inflammation in his throwing shoulder, almost certainly ruling him out as the team’s opening day starter on March 28.
Yankees Manager Aaron Boone told reporters that Severino, who had been scheduled to make his first spring training start Tuesday, felt some discomfort and underwent a magnetic resonance imaging examination, which found nothing beyond the rotator cuff problem. Severino will be treated with an injection and anti-inflammatories, and will take two weeks of rest.