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New York Yankees Promote Luis Severino To Bigs (Report)

Emmanuel Berbari
New York Yankees

Luis Severino is back in the bigs as the New York Yankees have called him up from Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre.

After a dreadful start to his 2016 campaign coupled with a detrimental injury, Luis Severino was sent back to the minors to work on his mechanics, command, and overall poise.

Simply put, the 22-year-old answered the call and finds himself back on the major league roster following 10 promising starts with the RailRiders. Shane Hennigan of the Scranton-Times Tribune was the first to report the promotion.

In seven starts early on with the big club, the hard-throwing right-hander was 0-6 with a 7.46 ERA. Ever since dropping a level, he is 7-1 with a stellar 3.25 ERA while striking out 57 and walking only 15 in 63.2 innings.

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If Severino can regain the form that led him to a 2.89 ERA in 11 major league starts last year, he will be a vital addition to a Yankee team trying to squeak its way into a postseason push.

Additionally, this will add to speculation that the organization is closing in on a deal to ship one of their three mid-tier major league starters — Nathan Eovaldi, Michael Pineda, and Ivan Nova.

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