When Luis Severino reached Triple-A, he experienced a drop in strikeouts that carried into the big leagues. But that might actually be a positive sign.
Things have gone very smoothly for Luis Severino. Since his first stint in the United States with the Gulf Coast League Yankees in 2012, the closest thing the 21-year-old righty has seen to difficulty as a player was when he had a 4.08 ERA over all of 17.2 innings at Low-A Charleston in 2013. This year, he continued to jump up the system, making 11 starts for the Yankees with a 2.