Luis Severino's Struggles as Athletics Face Toronto Blue Jays

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00:00the highest priced man in athletics franchise history who has not lived up to that paycheck

00:07DRS that is Luis Severino who hates Sacramento the opposite of a sack town guy he gets the start

00:14today against one of the best teams in baseball as of late the Toronto Blue Jays Max Scherzer

00:19makes the start today for Toronto minus 162 the price in favor of the Jays on the road against

00:26Seve and the athletics that total now 11 we are expecting some runs tonight in California's

00:34capital what are we going to see let me tell you something here Luis Severino if we take a look at

00:40the card today 31 pitchers on there Luis Severino is 31st Luis Severino is a 130 XFIP minus Luis

00:47Severino is a 6.71 ERA and Luis Severino is a 5.33 XFIP number over the past 60 days let's take a look

00:54at his last 30 days 123 batters that he's faced if we combine left-handed batters and right-handed

00:58batters that's a 229 ISO which is elevated that's a 392 weighted on base percentage which is elevated

01:04a K rate of 10 percent so if you're giving up hard contact and you're not striking anybody out

01:11you're going to be in trouble but sometimes Ben you can skirt those rules like hey man

01:15whoo Chicago White Sox are in town we get a little bit of a breather that is not the case Toronto let

01:21me just read you the weighted on base percentages over the anticipated starting nine tonight from

01:26Toronto's side 363 501 367 336 410 333 403 374 and then a low point with Ernie Clement at 280 so that

01:38means eight plus batters out of nine in a hitting environment that will be 90 degrees once again at

01:43first pitch going up against one of the worst pitchers in the league specifically in the environment

01:48where he hates pitching at home so psychologically it's already in his head am I saying that means

01:53automatic six runs that you can just count on because that's what you're going to need but if

01:57you need a parlay piece if you need let's just say it all team total if you need some RBI props if you

02:03need some base hits Toronto is your team tonight Ben the Jays did have their 10 game win streak

02:11snapped in their finale on Wednesday against the White Sox in Chicago the Jays have still been lights

02:17out they have won 13 of their last 16 that offense is spiking at the right time and the Blue Jays

02:23still maintain a two and a half game lead in the American League East now Luis Severino has been

02:29very public about his disdain of pitching in the AAA ballpark in Sacramento his stats overall this year

02:35a 530 ERA a 2-10 record but DRS at home in Sactown he is 0-8 and 11 starts with a 704 ERA and one of my

02:49favorite things about this entire conversation Severino gets the billing the highest paid player

02:55in the history of the athletics it is a three-year 67 million dollar deal we're talking half billion

03:02dollar contracts now in baseball Juan Soto signed for 765 mil in three years 67 million for Severino

03:12is the richest to ever do it for the A's