Proper-handed starter Luis Severino has agreed to phrases with the Athletics on a three-year, $67 million free agent contract, ESPN studies. It's the most important assured contract in A's franchise historical past and comes because the group leaves Oakland and plans to play its 2025 dwelling video games in Sacramento. The deal contains an eight-for-eight clause after the 2026 season.
Severino, who will flip 31 in February, is coming off a stable bounce-back season for the New York Mets. In 31 begins over 182 innings, Severino posted a three.91 ERA (101 ERA+) with a four.21 FIP and 161 strikeouts. These 182 innings are Severino's most in a season since 2018. His 2024 marketing campaign comes after a 2023 season with the Yankees through which Severino struggled badly – a 6.65 ERA and a 6.14 FIP in 18 begins and a reduction look. Within the 2024 season, Severino ranked within the 79th percentile in common fastball velocity and the 72nd percentile in pitch price.
Earlier within the offseason, CBS Sports activities ranked Severino because the No. 19 accessible free agent within the present class. Right here is a part of our writing:
Severino adopted an terrible 2023 season by taking motion. He overhauled his arsenal, rising his pad utilization and putting in a sweeper as his high secondary providing. That mixture, to an unknown extent, has helped him get higher outcomes — typically and on his four-seam fastball. Severino's sturdiness woes (this was the primary yr he's made 20 or extra begins since 2018) make a deal longer than three years look like a dangerous proposition; nonetheless, you need to pay to play on this sport, and we suspect that not less than just a few groups might be prepared to stretch their legs so as to add a rejuvenated starter to the center of the rotation.
For his profession, Severino, a two-time All-Star with the Yankees, has a 110 ERA+ and 13.5 WAR over 9 main league seasons.