TAMPA — Luis Severino was curious. “What did he get?” the Yankees ace asked when I told him Aaron Nola had signed a four-year extension Wednesday with the Phillies.
The answer was $45 million with the chance to make $56.75 million over five years. Severino’s request was not merely driven by baseball curiosity.
Nola was due in an arbitration hearing at the Vinoy Renaissance in St. Petersburg on Thursday before the multi-year pact erased the need. Severino, though, is due in the same room Friday.
Nola and Severino share more than that, though. Both first reached the majors in 2015 and have finished third for a Cy Young.