Elbow surgery takes Perez out for season

Yankees ace Luis Severino will miss opening day because of an inflamed right shoulder that caused him to be scratched from his first scheduled spring training start Tuesday.

Severino won’t throw for two weeks, manager Aaron Boone said after a 5-1 win over the Braves.

“Obviously, any time a starting pitcher and a guy like Sevie walks off while he’s warming up to start a game, you always get worried,” Boone said. “But it sounds like the shoulder is pretty clean, it’s just the inflammation issue. So if that’s the case, then hopefully two weeks is something that will do the trick.”

Severino avoided an arbitration hearing with the Yankees and agreed to a $40 million, four-year contract, a deal that includes a team option and could be worth $52.25 million for five seasons.

Severino went 19-8 with a 3.39 ERA last year, winning 14 of his first 16 decisions but then five of his last 11. He came out early in both of his postseason starts, going 0-1 in seven innings.

Rosters may grow: Major League Baseball and the players’ union are near an agreement to expand active rosters by one to 26 starting in 2020 as part of a deal that would include a commitment to discuss larger economic issues after opening day this year.

As part of the deal, the active limit from Sept. 1 to the end of the season would be lowered from 40 to 28 beginning next year, people familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press.

Sano sidelined: Twins third baseman Miguel Sano will likely miss the first month of the season following another procedure to repair a severe cut above the heel on his right foot.

Sano was sent to a plastic surgeon at the MayoClinic in Minnesota, where he underwent an operation called a debridement that removes damaged tissue or foreign objects from a wound.

Extra innings: Padres OF Travis Jankowski will miss the first couple of months of the season after breaking a bone in his right wrist while diving to catch a fly ball against the Rangers. ... Pitcher Clay Buchholz and the Blue Jays finalized a $3 million, one-year contract. ... Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez is headed for Tommy John surgery and out for the season.