WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained right shoulder on Saturday after he left his previous start after only one inning.
Severino said after Friday night’s that he felt tight in his throwing shoulder every time he threw a pitch during warmups before the second inning, leading to his early exit. The A’s made the move Saturday to shut him down for at least two weeks, recalling right-handed pitcher Michael Kelly from Triple-A Las Vegas to take his place on the roster.
Severino had initially felt some tightness in his arm following a start against the Los Angeles Angels on May 21. The A’s gave him a couple of extra days between starts before he took the mound again Friday night but he only lasted one inning.
“I felt like if I kept throwing, something even worse was going to happen,” Severino said after the game. “That’s why I stopped.”
Severino got off to a rough start in the game, allowing four unearned runs in the first inning, including a three-run homer to Paul Goldschmidt.
The 32-year-old Severino is in the second season of a three-year, $67 million deal with the A’s. He is 2-6 with a 4.16 ERA in 12 starts this season.
Severino is the second A’s starter to go on the injured list this week with Aaron Civale being put there Tuesday with a shoulder injury. Heralded prospect Gage Jump was called up to take Civale’s place and allowed four runs in five innings in a loss to Seattle on Tuesday.
Kelly began the season on the A’s roster and had a 6.23 ERA in four relief appearances before he was optioned to Las Vegas on April 9. He was 1-0 with a 4.91 ERA and two saves in 13 relief appearances in the minors.
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