Luis Severino was asked on Sunday if he no longer considered himself the Yankees’ ace when he struggled in the second half of the season.
“I always say every starter is the ace on his days to pitch. I don’t believe that I’m the ace or this guy’s the ace,” Severino answered.
Forget ace.
Severino was far from even being a competitive pitcher in Game 3 of the ALDS on Monday night at Yankee Stadium against the Red Sox.
With a chance to help the Yankees get within nine innings of advancing to the ALCS, Severino was rocked for six runs and seven hits in three-plus innings in a hard-to-look-at 16-1 beating in front of 49,657 disappointed and ornery customers.