In the busy early hours of free agency, news broke today that Luis Severino will sign with the Mets for one year and $13 million plus incentives, ending his long tenure in the Bronx. After a miserable season, the writing was on the wall that he and the Yankees would part ways. Steve Cohen and company offered him what boils down to a classic one-year prove-it deal for a veteran trying to recapture success that’s quickly receding into the rearview mirror.
Perhaps the best Yankees homegrown pitcher of the last decade, Sevy had the kind of intense mound presence that made his teammates eager to follow him into battle.