New York Yankees ace Luis Severino will miss all of April because of right shoulder

TAMPA http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , Fla. (AP) — inflammation.Severino had been scheduled to start on opening day on March 28 but was scratched from his first planned spring training appearance on March 5. He felt discomfort after throwing his first slider in a pregame bullpen session.“He’s going to have to start from scratch and have his spring training,” general manager Brian Cashman said Friday. “If it needs to be more, we’ve got to make sure we don’t have a problem with it.”Severino is set to resume playing catch next week.“I feel nothing right now,” Severino said. “I want to deal with this issue and be 100 percent.”Cashman also said center fielder Aaron Hicks, sidelined since hurting his back during batting practice on March 1, might not be ready for opener against Baltimore.“I think he’ll be healthy prior to opening day,” Cashman said. “It’s just will he have enough at-bats http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , defensive reps, conditioning in advance. If we feel that it’s better to err on the side of caution and give him some extra time to go through a mini-spring training, that’s the decision we have to make.”Severino is a two-time All-Star who is 41-25 with a 3.51 ERA. He went 19-8 with a 3.39 ERA last year but lost five of his last 11 decisions.Masahiro Tanaka, James Paxton, CC Sabathia and J.A. Happ are also projected to be in the Yankees’ rotation.Sabathia, who had a stent inserted in December after a blockage was found in an artery from his heart, is expected to miss his first two or three regular season starts. The lefty will have his first simulated game Saturday.Jonathan Loaisiga http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , Domingo German and Luis Cessa are competing for the two open rotation spots. Cashman didn’t rule out the Yankees using a reliever in an opener role that the Tampa Bay Rays used extensively last season.Hicks has been on the disabled list in all six of his big league seasons, nine trips in all for hamstring strains (three times), oblique strains (twice), shoulder, forearm and intercostal strains, and a concussion.Hicks has been increasing up his non-baseball activities and said without any setbacks will be ready to start the regular season on time. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Madison Bumgarner’s $12 million contract option for the 2019 season has been exercised by the San Francisco Giants, keeping the 2014 World Series MVP and ace left-hander with the club for at least one more season after his past two years were shortened by injuries.The Giants on Monday also exercised third baseman Pablo Sandoval’s option for the $555 Anthony Rizzo Jersey ,000 minimum.In April 2012, Bumgarner signed a $35.56 million, six-year deal through 2017 that included $12 million club options for the 2018 and ’19 seasons.Bumgarner, 29, broke the pinkie on his pitching hand when he was hit by a line drive from Kansas City’s Whit Merrifield in his final spring training start. He returned to go 6-7 with a 3.26 ERA in 21 starts over 129 2/3 innings.MadBum missed nearly three months last year following a dirt bike accident during an off day in Colorado.Sandoval, the 2012 World Series MVP, is recovering from right hamstring surgery and didn’t play after July 29. His salary for next season will be offset against the $18 million he is still owed by Boston. He signed a $95 million http://www.chicagocubsteamshop.com/authentic-david-ross-jersey , five-year deal with the Red Sox after the 2014 season and departed San Francisco.The Giants reinstated from the 60-day disabled list catcher Buster Posey, Sandoval, right-handers Jeff Samardzija, Johnny Cueto and Julian Fernandez.