Luis Severino was one of the players responsible for creating the unique feel good vibes around the New York Mets last season.
During the winter he found out that business usually replaces Vibber.
Severino is scheduled to start against his former club Sunday afternoon, when he takes the pile for athletics in the final in a three-game Interleague series against the visiting Mets in Sacramento, Calif.
Severino (0-2, 4.74 era) will oppose Kodai Senga (1-1, 1.80) in a matchup of right hand.
Athletics leveled the series with a 3-1 victory Saturday afternoon, when the right hand JT Ginn threw 5 1/3 solid innings to win the victory in his season debut.
Severino will make his fourth start to the season and its 160th Majors. He signed a three-year agreement worth $ 67 million the largest free agent agreement in franchise history-to provide some requested experience in a young rotation.
“Proud of the fact that he got a nice contract,” said Mets Manager Carlos Mendoza. “The hard work paid off. I’m proud of him.”
But Severino acknowledged this weekend that his first preference was to return to Mets, for which he rebuilt his career last season by going 11-7 with a 3.91 era in 31 regular season starts. He then went 1-1 with a 3.24 era in the three playoffs starts during New York’s surprising driving to the National League Championship Series.
When he counted the playoffs, Severino threw 198 2/3 rounds – only shy for his total from 2019 to 2023, when he fought a lot of injuries with the New York Yankees.
On his non-starting days, Severino was also known for producing the “OMG” sign-inspired by the hit song by Utility-Infielder Jose Iglesias and posed with it together with a Mets player who had just had a home.
Severino said on Friday that he told METS managers that he would be willing to sign a two-year agreement worth $ 40 million, but was rejected. New York instead signed Sean Manaea and brought in Griffin Canning, Clay Holmes and Frankie Montas on short -term business. Manaea and Montas have not yet released this season due to injury, while Canning and Holmes are a combined 2-2 with a 4.25 era in six starts.
“I knew it would be less money, but I just liked the environment there,” Severino said. “So I tried to sacrifice more money by living in a place where I know I can get better, I can get better. But in the end I was not in the plans.”
Severino took the defeat in his last start on Tuesday, when he allowed five runs over seven rounds in a 5-4 loss to the visiting San Diego Padres. Senga got the victory Tuesday by throwing five speechless innings in a 2-0 victory over the visiting Miami Marlins.
Severino is 2-2 with a 4.07 era in five career games (four starts) against Mets, all of which were made as a member of Yankees.
Senga’s long appearance against athletics came on April 14, 2023. He did not make a decision after allowing four runs over 4 2/3 rounds in Mets ’17 -6 victory.
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