The Mets have made most of the noise lately with high-end pitching prospects making their big-league debuts, but the Yankees get their turn Wednesday night when they send Luis Severino to the Stadium mound against Boston.
The precocious 21-year-old righty may not be getting the kind of hype that Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard have in recent seasons, but the Yanks have a lot invested in him after not acquiring a starter at the trade deadline. Could Severino be the crucial rotation piece the Bombers need as they hunt for October? We’ll start finding out when he faces the Red Sox.