Luis Severino leaves Mets for stunning $67 million A’s contract in MLB free agency
NY Post
A key component from the Mets’ rotation last season is headed west to uncharted territory.
Luis Severino reached agreement Thursday with the A’s on a three-year contract worth $67 million, industry sources confirmed, as the organization prepares to begin play in Sacramento, Calif., for at least a three-season hitch before settling in Las Vegas.
Severino’s deal includes an opt-out after the second season. The guaranteed payout is the largest in A’s franchise history.
Severino, 30, declined a qualifying offer from the Mets worth $21.05 million, meaning the team will receive draft pick compensation for his departure. The compensatory pick will be after the fourth round.
A workhorse in the Mets’ rotation last season, Severino pitched to a 3.91 ERA over 182 innings in 31 starts.
The right-hander arrived on a one-year deal worth $13 million as he looked to resurrect a career that had been plagued by injuries with the Yankees.
There’s a whole lot crammed into 100 years of playing the game. That span means the Giants have been there, done that, time and again, over and over. Everything has passed through their gates. Great triumphs. Abject failure. The winds of change and the stillness of sameness. Championship moments. Despair in the air.