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Yankees’ Luis Severino gives progress report on his health

TORONTO — Luis Severino couldn’t predict when he will throw off a mound, but he knew it had been almost three weeks since he has felt any discomfort in his right shoulder or lat muscle.

“Twenty-something days,’’ Severino said before the Yankees’ 4-3 loss to the Blue Jays on Tuesday night, when asked how long it had been since he felt distress on the right side of his body. “Nothing at all.’’

Severino threw off flat ground Monday and said he will repeat the process Wednesday.

“I am ready to be on a mound and throw a couple of bullpens [sessions],’’ Severino said.

As for being able to come off the injured list following the All-Star break next month, Severino said he is taking a wait-and-see approach.





“The good thing is that I feel good. If I am ready for that time. I will be ready,’’ Severino said.

“He has been encouraged about how he has responded,’’ Aaron Boone said of the former staff ace.

The news from Tampa painted a positive picture regarding some pretty big names on the injured list.

Giancarlo Stanton went to the plate nine times in a simulated game at the Yankees’ minor league complex and could participate in an intrasquad game on Wednesday.

Stanton, who played in the first three big-league games of the season, went on the IL with a strained left biceps. He then suffered a left shoulder problem, after playing one minor league rehab game for Single-A Tampa, and went back on the IL due to a tight left calf.

Stanton played catch and fielded grounders in right field with Aaron Judge, who has been sidelined since April 21 by a strained left oblique.





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