{"id":426199,"date":"2023-06-04T17:12:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-04T17:12:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=426199"},"modified":"2023-06-04T18:08:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T18:08:59","slug":"yankees-are-being-patient-with-luis-severino-but-his-lack-in-velocity-is-concerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/yankees-are-being-patient-with-luis-severino-but-his-lack-in-velocity-is-concerning\/","title":{"rendered":"Yankees Are Being Patient With Luis Severino But His Lack In Velocity Is Concerning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pitcher Luis Severino of the New York Yankees had a terrible game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday to start the series.<\/p>\n<h2>Yankees Are Being Patient With Luis Severino But His Lack In Velocity Is Concerning<\/h2>\n<p>The Yankees were defeated 8-4 by the Dodgers after the New York pitcher surrendered seven runs in four innings. The Yankees offense was unable to compensate for Severino&#8217;s subpar pitching, which infuriated the fans, who blamed the Dominican pitcher for the defeat.<\/p>\n<p>As starter Luis Severino recovered from a lat injury that had him on the disabled list to begin the season, the Yankees chose to be patient with him. The 29-year-old found that the procedure was sometimes moving far too slowly.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;They jumped on some pitches at the heart of the plate that they didn&#39;t miss.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Aaron Boone on Luis Severino&#39;s start <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Z0K2ZN6ILv\">pic.twitter.com\/Z0K2ZN6ILv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; YES Network (@YESNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YESNetwork\/status\/1664859444310855680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In what appeared to be the most important series of the month, Severino started for the Yankees. However, the Dodgers scored six runs against Severino in the first inning, taking the game away from them.<\/p>\n<p>In the bottom of the first inning on Friday at Chavez Ravine, Severino was as hittable as he&#8217;s ever been, allowing a leadoff home run, seven more singles, and only being saved by a pickoff throw to third for the last out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luis Severino&#39;s final line vs. the Dodgers tonight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c7SiYsXxcH\">pic.twitter.com\/c7SiYsXxcH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Yankees Videos (@snyyankees) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snyyankees\/status\/1664837513641426944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In that horrific period, Severino&#8217;s speed was about 2 MPH below normal; frequently, he sat at 94. He once reached his highest point during the second inning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was missing a lot of pitches,\u201d Severino said afterward. \u201cMissed to Mookie Betts, a pitch inside. And this is a good team. They got good hitters, and I had to minimize those mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Dodgers vs. Luis Severino in the first inning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RmuiO8VKsk\">pic.twitter.com\/RmuiO8VKsk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kyle Glaser (@KyleAGlaser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KyleAGlaser\/status\/1664821952341499905?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Severino said that he had no idea that his speed had decreased during the game and that he had always relied on his heater. But in his final inning, he only threw five fastballs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel they were on the fastball,\u201d Severino reasoned. \u201cSo I just needed to mix a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HochyPokey?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HochyPokey<\/a>: Location, velocity, tipping? Questions abound after Luis Severino\u2019s rough start \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yankees?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Yankees<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jjiUh95vj3\">pic.twitter.com\/jjiUh95vj3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bryan Hoch \u26be\ufe0f (@BryanHoch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BryanHoch\/status\/1664876529812398080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luis Severino: I was missing a lot of pitches. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4hzzG2Zhhx\">pic.twitter.com\/4hzzG2Zhhx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; YES Network (@YESNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YESNetwork\/status\/1664861573545099264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His fastball has been the only plausible indication of stress up to this point. According to Statcast, Severino&#8217;s fastball velocity in his first two starts (97.3 mph average velocity) was the best of his career and places him in the 93rd percentile among pitchers this season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Luis Severino speaks to the media discussing his progression.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YANKSonYES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YANKSonYES<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDBRAwWuRt\">pic.twitter.com\/FDBRAwWuRt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; YES Network (@YESNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YESNetwork\/status\/1662491096608575489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 27, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The right-hander has been using his heater more frequently than he has in prior years (56.7 percent of his pitches), but his slider (21 percent) and changeup (19.7 percent) have both decreased marginally from his 19 starts in the previous year. Additionally, Severino has only used two cutters so far this season, compared to a year ago when he used them in 8% of his pitches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mets\u2019 Francisco Lindor Knows Why He\u2019s Getting Booed And Realises The Need To Improve\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mets-francisco-lindor-knows-why-hes-getting-booed-and-realises-the-need-to-improve\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mets\u2019 Francisco Lindor Knows Why He\u2019s Getting Booed And Realises The Need To Improve<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pitcher Luis Severino of the New York Yankees had a terrible game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday to start the series. Yankees Are Being Patient With Luis Severino But His Lack In Velocity Is Concerning The Yankees were defeated 8-4 by the Dodgers after the New York pitcher surrendered seven runs in four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":268810,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,117],"tags":[728,9043,9042,2221,9041,3957],"class_list":["post-426199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","category-new-york-yankees","tag-luis-severino","tag-luis-severino-news","tag-luis-severino-performance","tag-mlb-news","tag-yankees-luis-severino","tag-yankees-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=426199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}