Luis Severino will suit up for the No-City-Needed Athletics next season. One of the more surprising moves we can expect this offseason involving a former New York Mets player, the only thing to drop our jaws further would be if J.D. Martinez decided to stick around the league and try his hand at pitching.
Because Severino turned down the qualifying offer, the Mets did add a draft pick although it could quickly get erased. Sign free agents from other teams who rejected the QO and the Mets will begin to lose multiple draft picks.
A draft pick is nice. Even nicer, as Tim Healey of Newsday pointed out, was how Severino parlayed a healthy and productive season into a $67 million deal. The Mets became a worthy destination for other free agent starters looking to replicate his success and cash in.
