Luis Severino was reportedly frustrated by how the Yankees treated his rehab from shoulder concerns, but he returns to the rotation tonight against the Pirates. He isn’t likely to go deep into the game tonight — having thrown just 56 pitches in his last rehab outing, I can’t imagine he’ll go more than about 75 tonight. However, no matter how he performs, we’ll all be focused on Aaron Judge.
Judge, once again hitting leadoff, is sitting on the same shelf with Babe Ruth at 60 home runs. One more will tie Roger Maris for the Yankee and American League record, but we’ve seen him hit them in bunches before, so who knows what he’ll do tonight.