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With Luis Severino injured, the Yankees may need to tap even further into their starting pitching depth early this season. With Carlos Rodon and Frankie Montas already out to start the year, Severino is dealing with a low-grade lat strain on his right side. The injury will keep Severino from making what would have been his first start of the season and will “probably” land him on the injured list, according to Aaron

Boone.

The manager added that, should the Yankees require a fifth starter during Severino’s absence, Jhony Brito could join the rotation. Domingo German and Clarke Schmidt, who is now scheduled to start the second game of the season, are already filling in for Rodon and Montas.

Brito, the Yanks’ 27th-best prospect, will start against the Blue Jays on Sunday in what was supposed to be Severino’s final spring training outing. A 25-year-old righty from the Dominican Republic, Brito owns a 3.52 ERA, seven strikeouts and zero 7.2 innings this walks spring.

“Pounds the strike zone. He’s been throwing the ball well,” over backstop Jose Trevino told the Daily News when asked for a scouting report. Trevino hasn’t caught Brito yet, but he has watched some of his bullpens this spring. “He does a pretty good job.”

Brito impressed at Doubleand Triple-A last season, pitching to the tune of a 2.96 ERA over 112.2 innings.

This spring, he’s already made a solid impression on Boone, who described Brito as a strike-thrower with a good fastball-changeup combo.

“Even very early in camp, getting my first chance to really see him a lot in-person, I liked what I saw,” the skipper said.

VASQUEZ IN THE MIX

Another young hurler, Randy Vasquez, wowed Boone on Saturday when the righty tossed four shutout innings against a loaded Phillies lineup. The 24-year-old prospect — the Yankees’ 14th-best — allowed three hits and two walks while striking out four in an 8-3 Yankees win.