In his first 25 games this season, 21 of them starts, Washington Nationals’ backstop Pedro Severino was 20 for 73, posting a respectable .274/.386/.356 line, six doubles, 11 walks, and 17 Ks in 88 plate appearances, but his offensive production fell off considerably not too long after No. 1 catcher Matt Wieters landed on the Disabled List a second time, leaving Severino to assume Wieters‘ duties as the Nats’ everyday catcher.
In his last 17 games, before he got a night off in New York following a 1 for 4 night against the Yankees in the first of two games in Yankee Stadium, the 24-year-old was just 5 for 53 (.