RHP Luis Severino has been promoted from Double-A Trenton to Triple-A Scranton, reports Josh Norris. The Yankees continue to be very aggressive with their top pitching prospect. Severino threw 67.2 innings at Low-A, 20.2 innings at High-A, and 63 innings at Double-A. That’s all. He had a 3.32 ERA (2.45 FIP) with a 30.6 K% and 6.4 BB% in eight starts and 38 innings for Trenton this year.
Triple-A Scranton had a scheduled off-day.
Double-A Trenton Game One (4-3 win over Akron in eight innings) completion of yesterday’s game, which was suspended due to rain in the third inning
- DH Jake Cave: 0-3, 1 BB
- C Gary Sanchez: 2-4, 1 R 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K — homered today … fifth homer in his last 12 games
- RHP Kyle Haynes: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 21 of 35 pitches were strikes (60%) … he started yesterday because they knew it was going to rain, and they didn’t want to lose their starter after only an inning or two
- RHP Brady Lail: 0.