"I was doing different things" - Mets' Luis Severino recounts his pitch tipping issues and massive struggles in final season with Yankees

Luis Severino had a big battle in the offseason to reinvent himself after a disastrous 2023 season that saw him lose his place on the New York Yankees roster. The majority of those troubles were related to him tipping his pitches. Now, almost five months into the season, the Mets pitcher has been able to fix the problem.

Luis Severino had admitted in the offseason that he needed to work on his tipping. He had pitched to a 6.65 ERA in 89.1 innings in 2023 for the Yankees. The two-time All-Star was determined to put the season behind him as he joined the Mets for a one-year, $13 million contract.

Things have looked good so far, with Severino showing he still has something left from his yesteryears, when he was voted third in the American League Cy Young standings in 2017.

Speaking about the issue on "The Show," a NY Post podcast hosted by analysts Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman, Severino explained how he was unconsciously doing a number of things on the mound that gave his pitches away.

"I was doing different things. With man on second sometimes, if I stop and look at third, it was fastball, that I stopped doing. Also my position of the glove. I was little bit down in one. My glove was more straight and others ones were more like second base. I stopped doing that too," Sevy said.

Does Luis Severino fit in Mets' future plans?

With a 9-6, 3.84 ERA record this season, Luis Severino has shown that he can be a handy addition to the back of the rotation for the Mets in the future. He has also shown he can remain healthy, having pitched 147.2 innings this season already, much higher than his injury-curtailed 2023 season.

Mets manager Carlos Mendoza, who was the bench coach with the Yankees last year, would be best suited to point out Severino's improvement from last year. If the stats indeed are a proper reflection of his upgraded work ethic, then it will also lie on Mendoza and the others in his coaching staff to perhaps offer Luis Severino a long-term deal with the team.