Luis Severino will make another rehab start for Double-A Somerset on Wednesday and could be back in the rotation for his following start, built up to around 70 pitches.
His focus, though, is on more than the regular season.
The right-hander, out with a lat strain that landed him on the 60-day IL, said the Yankees can get back to where they were in the first half and can erase their recent struggles with a long run in October.
“We’re still the same team,” Severino said before Tuesday’s rainout against the Twins. “We won the last two games. We can’t do [anything] about the games we lost [before]. We can do something about tomorrow’s game and after that.”
And he’s confident they are still poised for playoff success, with the Astros in their crosshairs.
“One hundred percent,’’ Severino said. “We feel that’s the team to beat in the playoffs. All the history we have [with them], we have a chip on our shoulders. We [are] trying to be the best.’’
Luis Severino Charles Wenzelberg/New York PostIf they turn it around and do well in the playoffs, Severino said, what happened in August won’t matter.
“If we win 10 in a row, nobody will remember the games we lost,’’ said Severino, who disagreed with the idea that fans have been too hard on the team during its recent slide.
“Absolutely not,’’ Severino said. “We’re the New York Yankees. We’re supposed to win. We’re supposed to be the best.”
Josh Donaldson hits an RBI single during the Yankees’ win on Monday. He didn’t run out of the box quickly and was thrown out of second trying to stretch it into a double. Bill KostrounAaron Boone said he spoke with Josh Donaldson after the third baseman was thrown out at second base on Monday after staring at his fly ball.
“We talked about it,” Boone said. “[I said], ‘Let’s not let that happen.’ ”
But Boone added he doesn’t see it as an issue for Donaldson, who has had a disappointing first season with the Yankees.
“I don’t really worry about him from [being in the] game or hooked up standpoint,’’ Boone said.
“He’s locked in. That was just one of those where you better be sure.”
Donaldson also has just one extra-base hit and one RBI in his last 10 games, going 5-for-30 during that stretch.
Team president Randy Levine said on “The Show” with The Post’s Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman that Boone has “done a good job,” but his future will be determined after the season.
“He’s gonna have to be evaluated at the end of the season to see where we are,’’ Levine said.
Levine also praised Boone’s résumé with the Yankees.
“He’s got a great track record,” Levine said. “He’s won a lot of games. We haven’t won a World Series [in his tenure]. That’s bad, not just him. Everyone in this organization has a responsibility, from [owner] Hal [Steinbrenner], to me, to [GM Brian Cashman], to everyone involved.”
Ronald Guzman hit 16 home runs as a rookie with the Rangers in 2018, but never matched that success again, impacted by injuries.
He was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday to replace the injured Anthony Rizzo. Guzman had an OPS of .823 in 90 games with SWB.
“It’s been a long process,’’ the lefty-swinging Guzman said. “I feel really good at the plate right now.”
Boone said the 27-year-old Guzman “made a huge impression” in spring training.
Trey Sweeney was the latest shortstop prospect to be promoted, from High-A Hudson Valley to Double-A Somerset, where he’ll replace Anthony Volpe, recently bumped to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Oswald Peraza went from SWB to the Yankees last week.







