OAKLAND, Calif. — The Yankees’ top pitching prospect has been moved from Double-A to Triple-A and might not be done climbing the ladder.
“I have no idea,’’ general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday when asked if Luis Severino, promoted from Trenton to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, could reach the big leagues this season. “The game tells you.’’
Severino, 21, was 2-2 with a 3.32 ERA in eight starts for Trenton, of the Eastern League. In 38 innings, the 6-foot, 195-pound right-hander from the Dominican Republic, allowed 32 hits, whiffed 48 and walked 10. Opposing hitters batted .227.
“He earned the right to move up,’’ Cashman said of Severino, who was on the seven-day DL with a cut on his right middle finger.