Morning Briefing: Luis Severino Set to Make Mets Debut

Good morning, Mets fans!

Luis Severino is set to make his Mets debut on Saturday, going up against DL Hall and the Brewers. The former Yankee is a two-time All-Star who was once one of the game’s most dominant starters, but he had a historically bad season in 2023 with a 6.65 ERA. Coming off a really solid spring training, he’ll now make his first official start for the Mets in what he hopes is the beginning of a bounceback season.

Luis Severino. Photo by Ed Delany of Metsmerized

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The Mets lost to the Brewers 3-1 on Friday in the first game of the season. Jose Quintana allowed two earned runs over 4 2/3 innings, and Starling Marte hit a solo home run in what turned out to be the Mets’ only hit of the game.

A new feature on the videoboards at Citi Field this year is pitch movement data such as horizontal break (HB) and induced vertical break (IVB) being shown after each pitch thrown.

Sam Neumann of Awful Announcing wrote about why the Mets’ booth of Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling remains the best in baseball.

Former Mets manager Terry Collins announced that next week on his new podcast he will talk with former umpire Tom Hallion. Collins and Hallion got into one of the most infamous arguments in baseball history back in 2016.

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Per Mark Zuckerman of MASN Sports, Trey Lipscomb took the Nationals’ roster spot created by Nick Senzel going on the injured list. Lipscomb was a 2022 third-round pick of Washington.

The Yankees announced that they acquired pitcher JT Brubaker and international signing bonus money from the Pirates in exchange for a player to be named later. Brubaker last pitched in 2022 when he was 3-12 with a 4.69 ERA.

Catcher Sean Murphy was removed from the Braves’ game against the Phillies on Friday with left oblique tightness. It was announced after the game that Murphy will go on the injured list.

Per the transaction log, the Angels agreed to a minor league deal with reliever Amir Garrett. Garrett recorded a 3.33 ERA with the Royals in 2023.

The Dodgers signed reliever Drew Pomeranz to a minor league contract. Pomeranz had spent spring training with the Angels but was recently released.