NEW YORK – Pitcher Louis Severino received clearance to join the New York Yankees Thursday night, hours after he was kicked off the start and placed on the COVID-19 casualty list.
After a 2-1 win over Tampa Bay, Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Severino would travel with the club to Toronto for a weekend series against the Blue Jays.
Severino was scheduled to start Thursday night at Yankee Stadium against the Rays.
“Now he’s just on the list,” Boone said when the initial lineup change was announced. “Last night he got sick, he had a fever, chills and all that. Things are going a lot better today, but we’ll find out (later). I think his initial fast stuff was negative, but maybe we’ll have a better idea tonight.”
right-handed Clark Schmidt started instead of Severino.
Severino is 4-1 with a 2.80 ERA and the 28-year-old right-hander was set to make his 100th career start in the series finale.
Schmidt, a 26-year-old right-hander, went 3-2 with a 3.26 ERA in 11 assist appearances, striking out 15 and walking 10 in 19 1/3 innings.
New York chose Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre right-hander Ryan Weber to contract. Weber is 4-12 with a 5.28 ERA in seven major league seasons with Boston, Seattle, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Milwaukee, and is 2-2 with a 2.95 ERA this year in four starts and four assist appearances in Triple A.
Source: mlb.nbcsports.com