Luis Severino not pleased with Yankees' caution with latest injury: 'Trust me more'

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Luis Severino is anxious to throw in a rehab start this week with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, but he was candid when he said he believed it should’ve happened last week.

The New York Yankees thought otherwise.

Severino has been dealing with a lat strain, and the Yankees placed him on the 60-day IL after he suffered it in the final week of spring training. Severino was openly critical of that decision by the Yankees because he thought only three or four starts needed to be missed to recover. 

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Luis Severino of the New York Yankees walks off the field after being removed during the sixth inning in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park on October 20, 2022, in Houston.  (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Instead, the number is more like nine or 10 starts that Severino will be missing, depending on how his rehab stint goes in the minors before the Yankees bring him back up.

Speaking with reporters Sunday before the Yankees’ series finale with the Tampa Bay Rays, Severino was blunt again when discussing how he threw a simulated game this past Friday instead of starting a rehab assignment.

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"I think it was unnecessary not to throw in Low-A, but I do whatever they tell me to do," he said via the New York Post. "But I feel good."

Severino reportedly grinned when asked what the Yankees said to him to justify their reasoning, replying, "They tried to, but whatever."

"If I’m the only one who wants something and they don’t agree with that, they’re