 more on pitching as we get you out to Meredith Barakovits and the clubhouse report presented by your local Ford stores and I know tonight Meredith you have a plethora of pitching updates for us. And Bob all of them are encouraging news but we'll start with Luis Severino it really has been a rough season for him he has not been on a major league mound since 2019 first he had Tommy John surgery he came into spring strong it looked as though he was poised to make a mid season return but throughout the rehab process he suffered a setback injuring his groin when he came back from that he was going to make his second rehab start in the minors he was scratched with shoulder tightness today however he took a significant step forward you see him there throwing to hitters for the first time since August I spoke with him after that session where he threw an equivalent of two innings to see how he felt pretty good you know a little tire haven't been in the mound a little bit but you know pitches and I'm strength first very good was there any concern that you were going to feel something just how big of a step was this for you no actually now I've been feeling really good the last couple weeks you know as you don't have your half you're ready much we're looking forward to getting out there and actually facing hitters I'm looking forward to that you know I've been looking forward the whole year you know a lot of different situations happened but hopefully this is the last you know time I don't know the most important thing that it will be how I feel tomorrow and see how my own response to you know two innings after that I was the trainer what I think about what do you feel what do you feel ready for I feel getting ready yes how badly do you want to join this team and be a part of it yeah I mean this is you know I've been part of this team you know since 2015 I think God is the only guy who was here when I came here so you know not being able to be in the team and I helped the team for you know a couple years been you know really bad so I'm looking forward to you know join the team and help and that's out of the bullpen that's fine if they want me to you know head throw catch I do whatever I really care right now and you really have to feel for Luis Severino who thought he was going to be a part of it way earlier this year he still needs to cross some hurdles to get back to the big league club but certainly that a step in the right direction tomorrow will be telling whether or not he feels any soreness in that shoulder if not it will likely be either a live session or he'll start a rehab assignment obviously not a lot of time left in the season for Severino to work himself back there was also a significant step from Jonathan today he started his throwing program he was out on the outfield grass around three o'clock this afternoon doing some light work there I spoke to Matt Blake yesterday about LeWisica and you see he's just playing catch nothing major yet but just picking up a ball for the first time in 12 days a big deal and with the shoulder issues he has had over the years the Yankees are going to be careful with LeWisica but Aaron Boone always the optimist encourage that they will get him back time will tell whether or not that is the case Jameson Tyone was also out there he is expected to throw another bullpen session tomorrow when I spoke to Tyone yesterday he was pretty fired up with the way his ankle felt and really the way his arm feels right now he thinks he is going to be in the fold this season and back in the rotation sooner rather than later and Domingo Herman really the closest out of all of those guys he played catch in the outfield but the next step for him will really come tomorrow he'll make his second rehab appearance if that goes well according to Aaron Boone he will join the Yankees as a member of the bullpen and that bullpen has been used so much lately they could certainly use a fresh arm and an arm like Domingo Herman's now as far as this team is concerned it is due or die for the Yankees they have just 15 games remaining in you look at the standings right now they're a half game back in the wild card I spoke with Brett Gardner earlier to ask him whether or not this team is concerned that they are going to be on the outside looking in when it is all said and done wouldn't say that we're concerned about that I mean we know that we obviously you know we kind of control what lies ahead we're obviously as inconsistent as we've been and as frustrating of a season it's been we obviously still in a good position to make the postseason and you know we just have to play our best baseball here down the stretch these last two weeks so I'm just fortunate that we still have an opportunity to you know to accomplish what we set out to do obviously it might not be the way we set out to do it but it never seems to be so you know still believing this group of guys and love the team that we have and feel like we can get it done why do you think it has been such a roller coaster ride this season man I don't know it seems like it's been one thing after another we've obviously battled through a lot of adversity and a lot of ups and downs and there's been times when we played really really good baseball and there's been times when we haven't obviously and you know the inconsistency is tough to deal with and tough to watch at times but you know it's part of the game and it doesn't ever slow down for anybody it seems like spring training was just a month ago and here we are talking about 15 days left so the season has flown by but you know we're still in position to make the postseason and accomplish what we set out to do which is win a world series and you know I do feel like we have the guys in the room to do that it's just up to everybody to show up and do their job how do you go about trying to find that offensive consistency in the final 15 games what can you guys do as a group yeah I mean just keep working keep supporting each other and you know keep picking each other up when I don't get the job done the guys behind me have to do that and vice versa and you know there's been times when we scored seven or eight runs and we've given up eight or nine and there's been times when we've only given up two or three and only managed to score one or two so you know when things aren't going well it seems to seems to snowball on you so hopefully we can get things turned around in the right direction this week at home and look forward to playing it from our fans