What now?
Luis Severino had hinted and teased that he was headed back toward his ace’s throne, away from the malaise that characterized his July. Then Monday night happened.
Against the Mets, of all teams, Severino again fell victim to the gopher ball. He again raised concerns about his reliability as the Yankees continued further down their path toward the do-or-die American League wild-card game on Oct. 3.
The Yankees’ best course of action is to keep rolling Severino out there and hoping he figures it out.
Mets ace Jacob deGrom easily outpitched his Subway Series counterpart as the Yankees fell, 8-5, dropping 10 games behind the dormant Red Sox in the American League East.