The Yankees starting rotation has taken its fair share of hits lately, losing Gerrit Cole and Jordan Montgomery to the COVID-IL, along with Domingo German to a shoulder injury.Luckily, they are extremely close to getting a major reinforcement back to their staff in the form of their ace prior to the arrival of Cole in 2020.Right-handed pitcher Luis Severinos long-awaited return to the big leagues is about to take place, and could be as soon as next Wednesday, August Bobby Price Jersey 18.According to Yankees manager Aaron Boone, the plan is to have Severino make another rehab start on Friday for Double-A Somerset. Then afterwards, his next outing could po sibly come at the major league level. Get him built up more and then well probably have a decision in front of us, whether he takes another rehab start or at Bobby Layne Jersey that point is with us, Boone told reporters. Hes certainly getting close.In Severinos last rehab outing on Sunday, he was impre sive, throwing four perfect innings while striking out five and setting down all 12 hitters he faced on only 48 pitches. Severino also helped the Somerset Patriots to s a combined no-hitter in this contest.What impre sed Boone the most was Severinos stuff, as his fastball sat in the mid-to-upper-90s. Scroll to ContinueJust the way he got after it, his stuff is good, but the energy hes Trinity Benson Jersey out there with, hes feeling good, Boone said.Severino underwent Tommy John surgery in the spring of 2020 and has not pitched in a game for the Yankees since the 2019 season. Unfortunately, Severino was limited to just five starts and 20.1 total innings in 19 acro s the regular season and postseason due to rotator cuff inflammation and a lat strain. The 27-year-old made back-to-back All-Star Game appearances from 2017- Shane Zylstra Jersey 18, but since signing a four-year, $40 million extension with the Bronx Bombers back in spring training of 2019, he has been plagued by injuries, derailing his young career and limiting him to just five total starts during this span. While there is no guarantee that he will be the same pitcher he once was when he takes the mound again for the Yankees, it is a great sign that his stuff is beginning to look like the Severino of old. With Severino back, him and Cole have a chance to form a dominant 1-2 punch in the Yankees rotation, which is exactly what Brian Cashman envisioned when he inked Cole to a ma sive DeShon Elliott Jersey deal in December of 2019.MORE: