Sports Center / Reported by Zhang Peijia
▲ The Yankees exercise a $ 15 million squad option and Luis Severino will continue playing next season. (Photo / flip from Yankee Twitter)
On the 5th, New York Yankees director Brian Cashman announced that the option for Luis Severino’s $ 15 million team will be exercised and that the “Yankee 40” will remain in New York next season.
After Severino left the “Taiwan Light” team Wang Jianmin, he wore the number 40 jersey. All 19 games played this season have been titled, with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses, 102 innings with 72 wins. including 14 homers and an ERA of 3.18.In mid-July this year, he was on the injury list due to a strained right latissimus dorsi. He only returned to the throwing mound in mid-September, but he hasn’t swallowed the losing side since his return and even started a “7 innings no-hitter” match in the final game of the season.
In the playoffs, Severino first started 2 games. In 11 innings, he was eliminated by 13 wins, including 1 at home, with an ERA of 4.91 and 1 loss.
Severino’s peak period was in the 2017 and 2018 seasons. He started more than 30 games and won 14 and 19 respectively. In 2020 he underwent surgery on Tommy John and was reimbursed for the entire season. Last year he only played 4 games. This year he returned to being a regular starter and has completed 50 career victories in the major league.
