The road back to The Show begins tomorrow for Yankees pitcher Luis Severino, as the young ace will start his rehab assignment with the Low-A Tampa Tarpons. The two-time All-Star and 2017 Cy Young Award finalist missed the entirety of the 2020 season and the first third of 2021 after having Tommy John surgery to repair a partially torn UCL on February 27th, 2020, and the Yankees hope that his return will bolster a rotation that has simultaneously propped up a struggling offense and been beset by underperformance and injuries.
Despite improvements made in medical practices and technology in recent years, UCL repairs are tricky, and many attempts to return to play don’t go smoothly.