Acce s the Yankees beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Greg Joyce about the inside buzz on the Yankees. Luis Severinos return to Yankee Stadium more than a season in the making wouldve been a spectacle even Bryan Mata Jersey without the added context. Even without his name swirling in trade rumors. Even without Severino comparing games at Sutter Health Park, the minor league stadium in West Sacramento, Calif., hosting the Athletics until they complete their Las Vegas move, to spring training and ripping it as a listle s place to pitch. Even without his postgame admi sion Sunday that he spent a recent bullpen se sion trying to figure out if he was tipping pitches an i sue the Yankees spent years trying to fix. Luis Severino pitches during the As-Yankees game on June 29, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST All of that collided during Severinos dud in The Bronx, where he failed to make it out of the fourth inning during the Yankees , surrendered seven runs six earned and struggled with command (three walks, two hit batters). Neither Severino nor As manager Mark Kotsay thought pitch-tipping played a role, and Severino didnt regret being honest with his thoughts about the As ballpark. He cant control if he gets traded before the July 31 deadline, but he acknowledged that this is not the year I was planning. Explore More I mean, if they trade me or not, Im gonna keep grinding, trying to be my best self, Severino, who pitched for the Yankees from 2015-23, said. I can do nothing about if they get mad [at the ballpark comments] or not. I just say what it is, you know. Im not gonna go out there if you ask me how I feel pitching at home, Im not gonna lie to you. Because at the end, you guys are gonna figure out if its a lie or not. I was not trying to, I mean, hurt nobodys feelings by saying that, but I think Im not the only one who feels the same way. Severino saw little things from his prior start that didnt categorically suggest tipping, but most of the tippings are not 100 percent. Theyre like 70 or 80 percent. He worked on glove positioning, changed up mechanics ahead and felt improvement Sunday before everything unraveled. Luis Severino spent the beginning of his career with the Yankees. JASON SZENES FOR THE NEW YORK POST One year after Severinos two good hitters jab while with the Mets, the Yankees, for a second time in 2025, forced an early exit. Jazz Chisholm Jr. sent the first pitch of the second inning over the fence, and Severino loaded the bases in the third before surrendering a triple to Chisholm. Then, Aaron Judge drove in two more runs with a fourth-inning homer. For a Yankees group stuck in a weeks-long funk, Severino served as the antidote. CHECK OUT THE AND Perhaps he could be back in New York City again just over a month from now, if the Mets trade for him. Perhaps hell have to settle for pitching in Sacramento. But Severinos prevailing thought, after allowing 29 earned runs acro s his past six starts, was that the struggling pitcher who keeps appearing is not me. This is not close to being me, Severino said, the numbers that I have. Boston Red Sox Jersey