Taillon and Severino provide good news for Yankees rotation March 21 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The New York Yankees are getting good news about the rotation behind ace Gerrit Cole.Jameson Taillon became the second starter in two days coming off an injury to have a positive first spring training start.Taillon, who had offseason surgery to repair a right ankle tendon, went two scorele s innings Monday against the Jake Odorizzi Jersey Philadelphia Phillies.I'm definitely in a better spot than before the surgery, Taillon said. It's still feeling like there's somethings I can do in the training room and somethings I can do in the weight room with like my running progre sion and jumping and things like that. But I was in a much worse place last year.Right-hander Luis Severino, limited to four late season relief appearances in 2021 after having Tommy John surgery on Feb. 27, 2020, had an encouraging outing Sunday against the Detroit Tigers. Afterwards, Severino Minnesota Twins Jersey said health-wise he feels pretty good.Taillon went 8-6 with a 4.30 ERA over 29 starts in his first season with the Yankees. Prior to last year, he hadnt pitched since May 1, 2019, while with the Pittsburgh Pirates because of Tommy John surgery.Severino's two-inning stint was the first time he pitched at spring training in four years. He was hurt while warming up for his initial scheduled exhibition start in 2019.I felt, like, more nervous than 2015 (rookie year), Severino said. I threw two innings, hopefully next one I get three. Im real excited about it.A 19-game winner in 2018, Severino signed a $40 million, four-year contract before the 2019 season. He was limited by shoulder sorene s to three appearances in 2019, the first on Sept. 17 and the last on Sept. Martin Perez Jersey 28, plus a pair of postseason startsWatching Sevie throw yesterday made me super happy, Taillon said. He looked super healthy and strong. I think weve got a lot of really good arms.Nestor Cortes Jr., in the mix for the back end of the rotation, also had two strong innings against the Phillies.I'm excited about what we have, New York manager Aaron Boone said. I think pitching overall was a strength of ours last year. Again we're in middle, later part of March, so I don't want to get too far ahead of ourselves because we have a long way to go but I do feel like we have the makings of a really good staff both starting and relief corps."Cole, bothered by Logan Morrison Jersey left hamstring tightne s late in 2021, had a simulated game Friday and is scheduled to do it again Tuesday.WELCOME ABOARDThe Yankees finalized a minor league contract with INF/OF Marwin Gonzalez, who joined the major league spring training camp. Gonzalez, 33, is a career .256 hitter with 101 homers and 397 RBIs. In 2021, the switch-hitter had a .199 average, hitting five homers and driving in 28 runs over 91 combined games between the Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros. QUOTABLEWe feel like we've got a good team. and we're now at the highest payroll we've ever had in our history. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP in this topic New York Yankees Major League Baseball Jameson Taillon Luis Severino Gerrit Cole Detroit Tigers Philadelphia Phillies New York Willians Astudillo Jersey Yankees share Mbapp is bringing soccer to a new dimension at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldos precision 21 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Poland finds its true level at World Cup, beaten by the best Poland heads home from the World Cup as the latest team unable to resist an inspired Kylian Mbapp 21 MINS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break Glen Perkins Jersey -in at his home 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS