Something was clearly off with Luis Severino for a good part of the second half of this season.
Pedro Martinez apparently knows what was up.
The Red Sox legend, TBS broadcaster and Severino mentor disclosed before Wednesday’s wild-card game, which Severino started, that the Yankees ace was not 100 percent during a sharp downturn following the All-Star break.
“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.