After the Dishes issued an eligible offer to Luis Severino as the offseason begins, it appears the right-hander will likely decline in search of a multi-year contract, reports Will Sammon of The Athletic.
If that’s the case, Severino will turn down $21.05 million for the 2025 season and New York will receive compensation if he signs with another team.
Severino wasn’t the only player the Mets extended a qualifying offer to this offseason as the 30-year-old joined. Pete Alonso And Sean Manaea — both will most likely also reject the offer. However, of the three, it was possible that Severino accepted it after an up-and-down campaign and his first fully healthy season in six years.
Signing a one-year, $10 million contract with the Mets last offseason after eight seasons with the Yankees, the right-hander went 11-7 with a 3.91 ERA ( 1.24 WHIP) in 31 starts over 182 innings in 2024 – his highest since 2018.
At his best, Severino showed flashes of the budding ace he was about to become in the Bronx where he was selected for two All-Star appearances, including a complete-game shutout against the Miami Marlins on the 17th. august.
He now plans to turn this into a multi-year deal – whether in New York or elsewhere – probably over a two- to three-year period.
