TAMPA — Old, previously unknown injuries continue to haunt the Yankees something awful. Luis Severino is the latest such casualty.
Aaron Boone said Thursday that Severino, the Yankees’ important right-handed starter, has been shut down due to right forearm soreness. Severino, 25, also has a loose body in his right elbow, the manager added, and suddenly a real possibility exists that the Yankees will open the season without Severino as well as James Paxton (back surgery), who will be out until at least May and the suspended Domingo German, who is eligible to return on June 5 after completing his 81-game sentence (started with 18 games last year) for domestic violence offenses.