Luis Severino’s next start will be in the majors, Yankees GM Brian Cashman told reporters, including Sweeny Murti of WFAN (on Twitter). Severino’s name came up in trade rumors in recent days – unsurprising given his upside – but the Bombers did not part with him.
While there were no true untouchables in the Yankees’ farm system this summer, Aaron Judge and Luis Severino came “close” to earning that label, George A. King III of the New York Post recently wrote.  Heading into the season, Baseball America ranked Severino as the No. 35 prospect in the country.  The right-hander got the bump up to Triple-A this season, pitching to a 1.91 ERA with 7.3 K/9 and 2.5 BB/9 in 11 starts.
Who cares
You cared enough to click and comment on it lol
He’s the next Bob Gibson, this guys got HOF all over him.
Poor Met fans delusional fatso Harvey at age 26 and a .500 Won/loss record is the next Tom Seaver
W-L? Really. And Colon (and CC) are the fatsos
Cashman should still be fired for making zero moves that help this team. I will be shocked if they hold onto this 6 game lead on the blue jays now.
I agree, there where Multiply pitchers out there that could have put the Yankees over the Top ! Who would ever think that Yankees would be out maneuvered mets, unbelieveable .
yeah William, I still can’t believe that Cashman turned down trading Drew and Gary Sanchez for Greinke and Kershaw/
Yes! The future is now.
Severino being called up is FANTASTIC news. You guys need to chill out. If he had given the farm away for a rental, you would be complaining about that. The Yanks have 6 games on the Blue Jays and even with the acquisitions they made, the Yanks are still firing on all cylinders. Not doing anything wasn’t a good move, but neither is giving up the farm. We need to keep our home grown talent.
There wasn’t anyone left to give up the farm for. Hamels was the only logical choice, but that goes for every single team in the league. I don’t mind giving up prospects, but not for a 2 month rental like Price.
I don’t think there were many trades the Yankees could have made and be comfortable. Besides Miami, there weren’t any teams looking to offload contracts.
YOUTH MOVEMENT. GIVE REF THE REIGNS AT 2nd DAMN IT
Refsnyder isn’t ready to play major league-level defense at 2B…….and although the kid can hit, the Yankees aren’t desperate for offense.
you’ll have to wait till next year for Ref
This is really exciting, he has so much potential and he’s another one of those guys that’s just fun to watch play the game. I’d much rather be giving him this chance to show he can carry that dominance from the minors to the majors than to have paid the price some other teams did in some of the deals that transpired. If we couldn’t find a deal that made sense, this is the next best thing.
Exactly. You root harder for the guys that have been in the system, rather than someone coming in for 2 months. There is loyalty there.
“Who cares?” Well, apparently you, mr. first commenter! What an absolutely bizarre thing to waste your time with. Hey there, friend.
@East Coast Bias agreed 100%. Lest we not forget, the Dynasty Years were possible because of home grown talent. (Jeter, Bernie, Jorge, Andy, Mo) Pieces were added via trades, but we hung on to the right prospects. I don’t understand why anyone would be unhappy with hanging onto + prospects that have the ability to help the team within a year or 2 or even this year (see Severino)
So again, to anyone that is ready to crucify Cashman, remember that when the new core 4 (Judge, Bird, Ref, and Severino) are all up and helping us to #28
Eh, let’s be careful about throwing the next Dynasty Years and Core Four label out there, you’re hanging your hat on some pretty high standards right there, and a LOT would need to go right for things to be even close to that situation again. I agree with the gist of what you’re saying though, what made those clubs so successful is they held onto the right talent, and clearly Cashman holds the current talent at a high enough standard to show restraint in dealing it.
Point taken, however, this is how it started. Just throwing it out there. Look, we could have gotten Hammels. No question about it, but consider the cost. Plus consider that the AL East is an absolute s*it show this year. Even with the aging team, we are still 6 games up. ARod and Tex are having Renaissance years, Gardy found a power stroke, Nova has looked great since coming back from TJ… On and on. We are in the midst of a good year so far. I am confident we will continue.
lol bird sucks and ref is a 3rd division starter. severinos future is in the bullpen. judge is a solid floor guy though…
You’ve lost your mind.
or you are a yankees fan that isn’t used to having prospects so over value them
You would think that with the failure of our pitching prospects in the last decade or so that NYY fans would be cynical like I am, but I guess they have short memories. If one of them pans out you’re happy. If 2 of them pan out you’re ecstatic. No way Ref is anything more than an AAAA player though. Judge may be a nice bat but by no means is he type of player that can put a lineup on his back like a Trout/Harper/Stanton can. People need to stop with the second coming nonsense.
The truth is probably somewhere in between his projection and yours.
You mean like the Red Sox farm?
Exactly.. I couldn’t agree more.. What happens to Toronto is they miss the post season this year? They would have given up their best pitching prospect for 2 months of Price for nothing.. Luckily they will have Stroman back next year to fill the void but AA took an awfully big gamble on Price.. Even though I doubt Norris amounts to much until he goes to a National League team he was still their #1 prospect..
He’s a Yankee prospect so he’s going to win Al Mvp, cy young, ROY and the World Series mvp lol
Finally! Someone that agrees with me…
I got your back!
He has been compared to Pedro Martinez so yeah if he hits his ceiling I wouldn’t see why a Cy Young would be out of the question.. In the midseason prospect rankings he is ranked higher than Hoffman, Norris, Appel and many other well known pitching prospects.. He is #17 in all of baseball with Judge being #13.. Only 10 teams have higher ranked prospects than Severino.. MVP to a pitcher is quite a stretch though.. This kid has some talent but he isn’t Kershaw.. If Judge figures out how to hit breaking balls squarely I would say he has MVP potential though..
lmao compared to pedro
The Indians weren’t serious about moving him.
if Cashman offered Judge/Bird, I’m sure Antonetti/Shapiro would’ve made it happen..
Judge and Bird? So give up Beltran and Teixeira’s replacements for a pitcher when the free agent pitching pool is going to be overflowing with talent? No way!! There is a reason all of these teams want Judge.. What if the Angels had traded Trout in 2010 for a #2-#3 pitcher? They would look really foolish today.. Now if the Indians were willing to trade Kluber for Severino and Judge I would be all over that.. They could even have Sanchez with them.. Bird is the overall best hitting prospect that the Yankees have and he is the one I would view as the only true untouchable.. If Teixeira gets hurt next year (which is more likely to happen than not) Bird will be ready to take over.. The past couple of years when Teix was on the DL 1st base was a pretty easy out for other teams..
I don’t disagree with your assessment. The Tribe needs impact bats, and that’s exactly what Judge and Bird would’ve provided. If we’re giving up good, controllable pitching, dealing from a strength, we need to add to a weakness. Speaking of which:
Will you please please PLEASE take Swisher back.
bird= dan vogelbach… not even a top 10 prospect for the cubs but sure he’s tex’s replacement!
@cookiemonsterBird is in AAA with a .797 OPS and came into the season as #120 overall on FG prospects. Whoever this Dan Vogelbach guy is, he’s only in AA and didn’t even make the top 200 on that list (thoough he did get an honorable mention)
Now of course I can’t argue how great the Cubs farm is, but don’t act as if Bird is a nobody, because he isn’t.
Every team would want Carrasco. Like you said, 28 years and controlled for a while, with advanced stats showing that he hasn’t pitched to his potential yet. You know who else would want him? The Indians. So if they move him, it would be for an exorbitant amount, and teams would still line up to pay.
What I’m saying is.. he would be too expensive.
Ref at second certainly not the answer far from ready no leather
Not accurate. He does need more work, but he’s getting there. He’s certainly better than the black hole that is Stephen Drew. Give him another year and he should be ready.
If other teams were asking about the NYY top prospects….I’m guessing that the scouts/evaluators of those organizations ALSO thought they were prime prospects.
Why would, and how can, we discredit those organizations’ evaluations as we sit in laptops & iPhones ???
Tried for who? Price? I’ll pass on an expensive rotation rental when we have a guy that’s ready to bust down the door in the bigs.
I wouldn’t bring him up this season. 320 minor league innings. I believe they are rushing him. Most he has thrown in a season is 113 innings. He is already at 99 this season. Hope they don’t blow his arm out.
He threw 116 last year.. This year they have been limiting him to only 5 innings.. So, granted his ERA is artificially low because it usually takes until the 3rd trip through the order before hitters adjust to a pitcher he should be quite effective against MLB hitters for the final couple of months this year.. Being that his arm has not been taxed through long games this year he should be fine for 8-9 starts.. I doubt he does more than limited bullpen work after that.. In all honesty I see him going straight into the bullpen for the Yankees and Warren moving back into the rotation..
Hamels was doable and locked up for 3 years, only 31. probably would have taken Severino to get him though or maybe Judge.
@RGV84 , you must be confusing him with Jackie Bradley Jr. , a CFer for the Boston Red Sox who would easily replace Ellsbury
Bradley would easily replace Ells? Sarcasm? If so, nice one.. It wasn’t that long ago when every Boston fan viewed JBJ as untouchable and the second coming of Mays.. Now its doubtful they could trade him for a solid #4 pitcher.. Should have traded him for Hamels when Amaro viewed him as a centerpiece of a possible trade..
Not sarcasm at all. Many Sox fans said that when Ells signed with the Yankees. Ellsbury was easly replacable
Thought the Sox were trading JBJ and Allen Craig for Sonny Gray?
No thanks, we have Betts.
He is your “trade” yankee fans. Wouldn’t be surprised at all if Severino quickly takes over to become the center of this rotation.
I think he will go to the bullpen and Warren will head to the rotation..
Not a Yankees fan (Nats & Jays fan), but live in the NY area, so excited to see his first start. I just hope it’s not against Toronto, lol
What young cost controlled arms are available for 2nd tier prospects? Young arms are pretty much what every team in baseball wants and to think any team is going to get them for 2nd tier prospects is laughable.. Just because some “homer” Yankees fans view our 6-10 prospects as top notch sure fire everyday players in the majors doesn’t mean that is true.. Just remember that in all of baseball there are roughly 175 2nd tier prospects available and every team’s fans view them as major league studs..
“… fans view them as major league studs…” And they should IF the other organizations’ baseball people WANT them !
So another overhyped Yankees prospect to fail!
So when it’s any other team’s highly regarded prospect, it’s exciting and good for baseball, but just because it’s a Yankee prospect, he’s overhyped and set to fail? How original.
Shhhhhh, don’t feed the troll.
Drew is not a black hole he’s got power and great glove Refsnyder would weaken our team so would Pirela. I agree we need better but get over it the Orioles won for 17-18 years with a .200 hitting slick glove SS. He’s and sake the MLB total average is .253 the shift has worked. I’m sick of the Drew obsession he was a good signing 6-19 on this trip. Amazing second baseman
He’s the next Webster