New York Yankees ace Luis Severino had a forgettable second half of the season, and we may finally know why.
No, it wasn’t a simple slump or tipping his pitches. In a story by Mark W. Sanchez of The New York Post, Hall of Fame pitcher Pedro Martinez claimed Severino was not fully healthy during his rough stretch.
“He went through a little bad stretch that everybody goes,” Martinez said before the Yankees and A’s faced off. “And I didn’t know until I finally spoke to Severino that Severino wasn’t totally healthy, and they could not afford to stop him from pitching.