The former Yankees' starter is putting together his best season since 2018.
When right-handed starter Luis Severino signed a one-year, $13 million contract this past offseason, it was viewed as a low-risk, high-reward move for the
On Monday night, Severino took the mound for the Mets in front of a playoff-like atmosphere at Citi Field. Big games against the Red Sox are nothing new for the former Yankees ace, who spent eight seasons in pinstripes before joining their cross-town rival. But this game was different; the stakes were less about settling bad blood between longtime enemies and more about the playoff implications for two separate leagues.
Going into 2024, there were legitimate concerns about the Mets relying on Severino as one of their top starters, despite his past success. He was coming off a season hampered by lat and oblique injuries, during which he made 18 starts and posted a 6.65 ERA. His injury history goes well beyond that, though. Since his 2018 All-Star season with the Yankees, when he went 19-8 with a 3.39 ERA in 191.1 innings, Severino had appeared in just 45 games over the next five seasons.
“If you asked me in Spring Training if I was going to be 150 innings right now, I’d say no chance,” Severino told the media during his postgame interview.
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