The Athletics introduced that Luis Severino has been positioned on the 15-day injured listing on account of a left indirect pressure. Left-hander Hogan Harris was known as up from Triple-A to take Severino’s spot on the energetic roster.
The severity of the pressure isn’t but identified, however something greater than a Grade 1 pressure (the least-serious kind) might put the rest of Severino’s 2025 season in jeopardy. For the reason that A’s are out of rivalry, the workforce may select to simply shut the right-hander down if he’s going to overlook something past six weeks of motion, as there could be little level in bringing Severino simply to make a begin or two at season’s finish.
Severino’s harm provides one other layer to what has been an uncommon first season for the veteran’s Athletics tenure. The A’s shocked many within the baseball world final winter with an uncharacteristic spending splurge once they signed Severino a three-year, $67M free-agent contract. Even when this deal and different comparatively bigger expenditures from the A’s had been as a lot about avoiding a grievance from the gamers’ union as a lot as they had been about enhancing the roster, on paper, Severino definitely appeared like a stable addition to the membership’s pitching employees.
As a substitute, Severino has a 4.82 ERA over 136 1/3 innings. Whereas Severino hasn’t missed many bats over his previous few seasons, he has allowed way more onerous contact this yr than he did throughout his extra profitable 2024 marketing campaign with the Mets.
The story of Severino’s 2025 season might lie in his residence/highway splits, because the righty has a 3.17 ERA over 65 1/3 away innings and a garish 6.34 ERA in 71 innings at Sutter Well being Park. Severino has been public about his displeasure with taking part in within the minor league ballpark, and this reportedly made A’s administration desperate to commerce the righty. Regardless of some rumors, no deal was struck previous to the deadline, which isn’t shocking given how the Athletics reportedly weren’t eager on consuming a lot or any of Severino’s wage to accommodate any potential transfer.
Severino is owed $20M in 2026, and he has a $22M participant possibility for the 2027 season. Given his emotions about Sutter Well being Park, an opt-out may seem to be a chance even when his numbers proceed to be uninspiring, which maybe creates an uncommon state of affairs for each the participant and the workforce down the highway. Barring a commerce for one more workforce’s unwelcome contract, Severino’s opt-out clause and up to date efficiency would make an offseason transfer difficult, and this indirect pressure now provides one other wrinkle to the state of affairs.
