It’s too early to tell whether Luis Severino will be the ace the Yankees planned on him being before his season was turned upside down by rotator cuff inflammation and a severe lat strain that sidelined him nearly the entire season.
But they’ll certainly take what they saw in his long-awaited season debut Tuesday night, when Severino blanked the Angels over four innings in an 8-0 win in The Bronx.
The Yankees opened their final homestand of the season with a victory sparked by a three-run homer from Gleyber Torres in a six-run fourth.
And they inched closer to securing a playoff berth.