To the surprise of many in baseball, Luis Severino left New York, where he’d pitched for both the Yankees and Mets, and signed a three-year, $67 million deal with the Athletics before the 2025 season.
It wasn’t long before Severino complained about the conditions at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento. And it’s no wonder — look at his home/road splits in 2025:
Home: 15 starts, 6.01 ERA, 1.530 WHIP, 10 home runs allowed in 82.1 innings Road: 14 starts, 3.02 ERA, 1.071 WHIP, six home runs allowed in 80.1 innings
So yeah, it’s no wonder Severino complained about his new home park. Those home numbers scream out “DFA candidate.” A pitcher with those road numbers over a full season probably puts up somewhere around 4 or 5 WAR, which is the sort of pitcher Severino was in 2017 and 2018.
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