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By Shaun McAvoy
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Despite boasting one of the highest payrolls in baseball last season, the New York Mets fell apart and missed the postseason entirely.
New York's starting rotation dealt with a variety of injuries last season and lacked depth, and though the team signed two-time All-Star Freddy Peralta and has a promising young pitcher in Nolan McLean, it wouldn't be a bad idea to bring in another pitcher to add more depth.
With that in mind, Bleacher Report's Zachary Rymer listed the Mets as a potential landing spot to trade for 11-year veteran hurler Luis Severino.
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"The A's have been busy locking up their best young players ahead of their move to Las Vegas in 2028, but Luis Severino doesn't fit into those plans," Rymer wrote Wednesday. "He might only stick around for the rest of this season. The odds of it being a playoff year for the A's are slim. That offense is dangerous, but Severino is part of a badly undermanned pitching staff. Hence, why FanGraphs only gives the team a 9.4 percent chance of playing in October.
"Severino's surplus value suggests he isn't worth what he's being paid, and there is some truth to that. He only had a 4.54 ERA last year. His strikeout rate deteriorated to only 6.9 per nine innings. His stuff is still good, though, and two splits from 2025 make him look salvageable: a 3.02 ERA away from Sacramento, and a 3.10 ERA in the second half."
Severino is a two-time All-Star who spent eight seasons with the New York Yankees before joining the Mets for one season in 2024, posting a 3.91 ERA with 161 strikeouts in 31 starts. Severino signed a three-year, $67 million contract with the Athletics in 2025, but has a player option after this season.
With the Mets aiming to return to the postseason this year, bringing in an established arm like Severino to add more depth would be a good idea, and would get this big contract off the Athletics' payroll.
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