Luis Severino’s Yankees role in flux with trade dl, rotation decision looming

A great career with the Yankees might have fizzled out after a humiliating loss in Baltimore.

Neither his role nor his clothing for his next appearance will be predetermined.

The Post’s Joel Sherman reported on Monday that the Yankees are willing to discuss trading away walk-year players like Severino before Tuesday’s trade deadline.

Even if Severino is not traded, manager Aaron Boone is not promising that he will start in his next game.

The remaining $5 million of Severino’s $15 million contract this year might be traded as part of a plan to keep the club’s revenue below the $293 million luxury-tax threshold.

If the Yankees made such a move, it would terminate a four-year run that began when the organization signed the right-handed pitcher as a teenager in 2012.

Severino ҽxploded through the minors, made his major league debut in 2015, and has since developed into a top-tier starter, earning selection to the All-Star Game in both 2017 and 2018.

Before the start of the 2019 season, the Yankees had already signed Severino to an extension.

Due to shoulder and rotator cuff problems, he only made three starts that year. In February 2020, he underwent Tommy John surgery, which sidelined him for the rest of 2020 and all of 2021.

Severino missed a lot of time last season as well due to ιnjury, but when he was healthy he threw brilliantly with a 3.18 ERA in 19 starts.

Despite the terrible season, the Yankees exercised the club option on their most veteran player.

Until late May, the once-great pitcher was sidelined by a lat strain and, in his own words on Sunday, has been “the worst pitcher in the game” since his return.

Despite making 12 starts, Severino’s ERA has increased to 7.49 due to his extreme inconsistency and propensity for implosions.

Three of Severino’s five July starts saw him surrender seven or more runs.

On Sunday at Camden Yards, all the scoring was done in the first inning as the first six Orioles to bat scored.

Severino remarked after the last loss, “I know I can go out there and give us good outings, but right now, nothing that I do is working.” I refuse to take any time off. Until I know what’s going on, I’m going to keep at it. But I don’t feel like I’m helping this team at all right now.

Even if Severino is still a Yankee after the trade deadline, he may not be needed in the rotation if the team is trying to make the wild card.

Nestor Cortes is progressing well in his rehabilitation assignment, and he may be ready to return after just one more game.

Domingo German had armpit paιn on Sunday and was supposed to start Monday, but his manager, Aaron Boone, did not think the ιnjury was serious enough to send German to the disabled list.

Severino would be left out if Cortes were to join a healthy German, Gerrit Cole, Carlos Rodon, and Clarke Schmidt.

Boone would not guarantee that Severino will start Friday night against the Astros.

When asked about Severino’s place in the rotation, Boone stated, “Everything’s on the table” before the Yankees’ home opener against the Rays. Nothing has been ruled in or out at this point. We’re going to spend the next few days here working through the issue.”

Severino claimed he is “100 percent healthy” and acknowledged the mystҽry surrounding his position.

“I don’t know what could happen or what’s going to happen,” Severino said of his uncertain rotation status. If I get taken out of the rotation, all I can do is work to improve every day.

Severino will become a free agent at the end of the season and, barring a stellar final two months, will enter the market at a bad time.

At the very least, the 29-year-old could be seeking to restore his value with another team as the Yankees maneuver ahead of the deadline.