BOSTON — Aaron Boone watched the video of Luis Severino’s rehab outing with Double-A Trenton and came away pleased by what the right-hander showed Friday night in his second appearance, as he attempts to come back from rotator cuff inflammation that was followed by a lat strain.
“It was very encouraging,’’ the Yankees manager said Saturday of the 50-pitch, three-plus inning outing. “I thought he looked, certainly, a lot better than the first time out, which was like a first spring training start.”
Boone said Severino looked “a lot sharper.”
“He had good life on his fastball and good shape on his slider,’’ Boone said before the Yankees beat the Red Sox, 5-1, at Fenway Park.