VIDEO: Luis Severino Shows Off Wicked Velocity With First 2 Strikeouts of 2019 Season
By Kevin Aquino
Yankees pitcher Luis Severino has returned after a series of injuries, and it doesn't look like rust will play much of a factor. Sevy's first appearance of the 2019 MLB season comes against the Angels, and he had a couple of gorgeous strikeouts to welcome himself back.
Back-to-back strikeouts to end the top of the 2nd. Topping out at 98.3 on his fastball (so far) ? #SevySeason has arrived. pic.twitter.com/9TsxY093u9
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) September 17, 2019
The way both LA players walked back to the dugout, discouraged shows just how effective Severino can be for the Yanks going forward. The 25-year-old has missed this whole season with right rotator cuff inflammation and a Grade 2 lat strain.
But Severino's return couldn't have been timed any better, as the Yankees prepare for the postseason, on the hunt for another World Series title.