A’s pitcher Luis Severino prepares for his first match versus
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP)– Luis Severino spent years as Aaron Judge’s teammate on the New York Yankees, admiring his prodigious power and ability as a hitter.Now Severino gets to face Judge for the very first time this weekend when he is slated to start for the Athletics on Sunday in the series ending versus the Yankees.Advertisement “I’m fired up,” he stated Friday before the series opener.
“I’m just attempting to determine what to throw to Judge. “No pitcher has actually been able to figure that out this season, as Judge is off to a sizzling start after getting off to slow starts to the season in current years.Judge enters the weekend leading the majors
in almost every major offending classifications. He is batting.400 with 12 homers, 34 RBIs, 34 runs scored, a. 491 on-base portion and a. 750 slugging portion.”Normally this is the bad part of the season, the first month,”Severino stated.” It’s unbelievable what he can do. He’s such a great player. Even when he’s not doing good, he’s constantly the same individual. That’s why he’s one of my preferred teammates. … I seem like every year he just gets better. I do not know how.”
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Severino was with the Yankees from 2015-23, going 54-37 with a 3.79 AGE. He is slated to face the Yankees for the first time in his profession after missing them last year when he was on the New York Mets.Severino made headlines last year when he stated the Yankees”just have two excellent players, “describing Judge and former Yankees outfielder Juan Soto. Severino wouldn’t state the number of great players the Yankees have this year beyond Judge, stating he hasn’t enjoyed much since of the three-hour time difference.Yankees supervisor Aaron Boone said there’s no ill will which’s” simply Sevy.
“Boone said he has only excellent memories of his time with Severino and is happy that his former player has actually been healthy considering that leaving the Yankees after making just 40 starts in his last 5 years with the group since of a series of injuries.”I love the individual. I love the rival,”Boone said.”A great deal of achievement with us, however certainly a lot of injuries that he needed to work his way through. However what I more than happy for him and happy with him for is his continued commitment. It’s difficult when you have a series of some significant injuries too that actually cost him a great deal of time and in the prime of his career. I feel like he’s come out of that and done a fantastic job of just learning how to navigate that, learning how to overcome that.” ___ AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb