When right-handed starter Luis Severino signed a one-year, $13 million contract this past offseason, it was viewed as a low-risk, high-reward move for the New York Mets. As the regular season nears its end,

The Mets have been thrilled watching Luis Severino and Sean Manaea, both of whom were signed as essentially projects last offseason, develop into healthy and effective members at the front of their rotation.

On Monday against the Red Sox, the Mets' Luis Severino continued to prove his growth and capabilities to rise up as the stakes heighten for the Mets.

New York Mets starting pitcher Luis Severino learned a valuable lesson while with the New York Yankees. Severino revealed in a recent episode of The Show: A NY Post baseball podcast with Joel Sherman & Jon Heyman,

Severino is headed to free agency at the conclusion of a one-year contract worth $13 million. Manaea signed a two-year deal worth $28 million containing an opt-out that he is certain to exercise.