It doesn't get any more insignificant than the first game of spring training but this wasn't great to see. I said a couple of days ago that Severino would have to get absolutely throttled these next few weeks to lose a rotation spot. Well that was a throttling - 1.1 IP, two hits, two walks, a hit batsman and five earned runs. Again, it doesn't mean anything. But it's annoying that Girardi may have actually been sitting there wondering about whether or not Severino is going to be pitching for him in 2016.
There are reasons to believe these Yankees are better than last year's group and Luis is one of them. I don't think it's unreasonable at all to believe he can become a front-end starter this year. That may seem like a lot to ask of a 22-year-old who's only pitched 11 games in the bigs, but that's baseball in the year 2016. It's a young man's game. Guys 25 and under are taking over the league and we have one of those guys.
On the other side, Starlin Castro's career in pinstripes got off to a nice start yesterday. A couple of hits and a really nice play ranging all the way across second base.
Good start for another guy who's a real reason to be optimistic about 2016. This guy don't look too bad either
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) March 3, 2016
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