With Luis Severino scheduled to pitch Game 3 of the ALDS, there’s nothing like a bit of gossip surrounding the Yankees ace to get the juices flowing.
Prior to the Yankees Wild Card win over the A’s, Pedro Martinez, who works as an analyst for TBS, took time out of the broadcast to let the world know that Severino made him aware that he wasn’t completely healthy during the second half of the regular season — and that the club needed him on the mound, hence his decline in productivity.
As reported by Dan Martin of the NY Post:
While it’s true that Severino was far-less effective post-All-Star break — and he and Martinez do have a relationship, as the two worked out together during the winter of 2016 in their native Dominican Republic, the 24-year-old Severino made it clear he never said anything about an injury to the former Red Sox star.