Five years ago, Luis Severino was supposed to be the next great Yankees ace.
The numbers certainly supported it. The young righty posted a 2.98 ERA in 2017 at just 23 years old. He followed that with a 3.39 mark in 2018. Struggles with tipping pitches and a pair of playoff clunkers were blips on the radar compared to everything else. The Yankees believed in him enough that they gave him a four-year, $40 million extension before the 2019 season.
And then:
Okay, maybe not literally, but the metaphor still applies.