Proper-handed starter Luis Severino has agreed to phrases with the Athletics on a three-year free-agent contract value $67 million, ESPN stories. It is the most important assured contract in A’s franchise historical past and comes because the workforce leaves Oakland and plans to play its 2025 house video games in Sacramento. The deal reportedly contains an opt-opt clause after the 2026 season and a $10 million signing bonus.
Listed below are the most important contracts in A’s franchise historical past:
- Luis Severino: 3 years, $67 million
- Eric Chavez: 6 years, $66 million
- Yoenis Cespedes: 4 years, $36 million
- Khris Davis: 2 years, $33.5 million
- Trevor Cahill: 5 years, $30.5 million
Severino, who will flip 31 in February, is coming off a stable rebound season for the New York Mets. In 31 begins throughout 182 innings, Severino put up an ERA of three.91 (101 ERA+) with an FIP of 4.21 and 161 strikeouts. These 182 innings are Severino’s most in a season since 2018. That 2024 marketing campaign comes after a 2023 season with the Yankees through which Severino struggled badly – a 6.65 ERA and a 6.14 FIP in 18 begins and one reduction look. Within the 2024 season, Severino ranked within the 79th percentile in common fastball velocity and 72nd percentile in groundball fee.
Earlier within the offseason, CBS Sports activities ranked Severino because the No. 19 out there free agent within the present class. Here is a part of our write-up:
Severino adopted up a dreadful 2023 season by taking motion. He overhauled his arsenal, upping his sinker utilization and putting in a sweeper as his prime secondary providing. That mixture, to some unknowable diploma, helped him obtain higher outcomes — general, and on his four-seam fastball. Severino’s sturdiness woes (this was the primary 12 months he began 20 or extra occasions since 2018) make a three-plus-year contract look like a dangerous proposition; you need to pay to play on this recreation, although, and we suspect at the least a number of groups shall be prepared to pony up so as to add a rejuvenated mid-rotation starter.
As a result of Severino rejected the qualifying supply, the A’s will forfeit their third-highest 2025 draft decide for signing him as a workforce that receives income sharing cash. The Mets will obtain a compensation decide after the fourth spherical given their aggressive stability tax standing.
The Athletics went 69-83 in 2024, their third straight dropping season, although they went a decent 39-37 of their last 76 video games. Brent Rooker has emerged as among the finest hitters in baseball, Lawrence Butler was terrific after getting back from Triple-A in June, and former top-10 draft picks JJ Bleday and Shea Langeliers appeared to determine issues out in 2024. With just a little extra pitching, the A’s may very well be sneaky attention-grabbing in 2025, or at the least not a complete pushover.
Our R.J. Anderson just lately examined a number of gamers the A’s may commerce for as they appear to spice up payroll forward of their transfer into Sutter Well being Park in Sacramento. They’re eyeing a transfer to Las Vegas in 2028 or 2029, although a brand new ballpark on The Strip has hit quite a few snags over the past a number of months.
For his profession, Severino, a two-time All-Star with the Yankees, has an ERA+ of 110 and a WAR of 13.5 over components of 9 big-league seasons.
