On the eve of Thanksgiving, as families across America were preparing their meals for the upcoming holiday, the Mets made one of the earliest signings of their offseason, picking up Anderson Severino on a minor league deal. In case you were wondering, this is indeed a family affair, as Anderson the cousin of ex-Mets starter (and current A’s pitcher) Luis Severino.
This is hardly the first time Anderson Severino has followed in his cousin’s footsteps. The 31-year-old left-hander originally signed with
the Yankees in 2013, 18 months after Luis was signed by the Yankees. Anderson spent parts of seven seasons in the Yankees’ organization, though he never made it higher than High-A ball. The lefty eventually elected free agency following a 2020 season that saw the cancellation of minor league baseball.
He joined the White Sox in 2021 and spent the year bouncing between Double-A and Triple-A before finally getting the call to the show on April 12, 2022. In his debut against the Mariners, he hurled 1 1/3 scoreless innings and finished off a 5-1 White Sox loss. Three of his four outs came via the strikeout, and he walked one and hit a batter but did not allow a hit. He followed that up by allowing five earned runs in his next three appearances, but closed out his lone major league stint with two scoreless outings. He made six total appearances for Chicago, posting a 6.14 ERA in 7 1/3 innings, all coming in April of that year. He returned to the minors, where he stayed until he was designated for assignment in September.
Since then, he has spent much of this time in the Mexican League, playing for Guerreros de Oaxaca and Acereros de Monclova. He enjoyed his best success with the latter during the 2025 season, posting a 2.68 ERA over 37 innings in 43 appearances. During his run with the club, he posted a 4.9 BB/9 and an 11.2 K/9. He also threw 18 1/3 innings for Tigres del Licey in the Dominican League, pitching to a 0.98 ERA in his 23 appearances. His recent work, along with his family ties to an ex-Met, likely all played a role in his deal with New York.
Severino, quite frankly, is not likely to see much action, but he’s not a bad option to stash in the minors as a “Break Glass in Case of Emergency” option. The Mets have a lot of names competing for bullpen spots, and they already have a few guaranteed options. With A.J. Minter set to start the year on the injured list, Brooks Raley is the only left-hander with a set spot in the pen. The club recently picked up Bryan Hudson in a trade with the White Sox, and he’s likely to find himself higher up on the depth chart than Severino in terms of securing the coveted second-lefty spot in the pen.
The Severino signing was a pretty standard fare for an early offseason move, and Mets fans are likely to see a lot of him early on in spring training. Barring a really impressive showing, he’s likely to be a name that gets re-assigned to minor league camp early on, but in a long baseball season, you just never know when a player’s name is going to be called. It would take a few injuries for Severino to get his second call up to the majors, but hey, crazier things have happened. For now though, he represents another depth signing that will mostly see action in Triple-A Syracuse.
