So Severino wasn\u2019t going to back down Sunday from his comments earlier in the week bashing the conditions in Sacramento<\/a>, where the A\u2019s are playing this season as they transition from Oakland to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n And he shrugged at a report saying the organization \u201ccan\u2019t wait\u201d to trade him.<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t do nothing about if they get mad or not,\u201d he said after getting roughed up in a 12-5 loss at Yankee Stadium. \u201cI just say what it is.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you ask me how I feel pitching at home, I\u2019m not going to lie to you. Because at the end, you guys are going to figure out if it\u2019s a lie or not. My job is here to try to pitch and every time you ask me a question, be honest with you guys. So, that\u2019s what I did.\u201d<\/p>\n Severino said other A\u2019s players feel the way he does about playing at Sutter Health Park, a minor-league stadium.<\/p>\n \u201cI was not trying to hurt anyone\u2019s feelings by saying that,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not the only one who feels the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n On Friday, Severino said \u201cit feels like a spring training game\u201d when he pitches at home, and he pointed out the ballpark\u2019s lack of air conditioning, small crowds and how its clubhouse is in left field.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s really tough,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Early Sunday, USA Today\u2019s Bob Nightengale reported<\/a> that the A\u2019s \u201ccan\u2019t wait\u201d<\/a> to trade Severino and that he was \u201cagitating the organization\u201d with his comments about their current home stadium.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they trade me or not, I\u2019m going to keep grinding,\u201d he said. \u201cTrying to be my best going out there.\u201d<\/p>\n Manager Mark Kotsay deflected when asked if he thought Severino would be with the A\u2019s after the trade deadline.<\/p>\n \u201cThose decisions are above me,\u201d he said. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m involved in them. Obviously, I have a voice. But as far as what we do at the deadline, we\u2019re still far away from the deadline. There\u2019s still, what, over three weeks to get there or more. We\u2019ll tackle that question when we get closer.\u201d<\/p>\n The A\u2019s signed Severino to a three-year, $67 million deal in December \u2014 the richest guaranteed contract in franchise history.<\/p>\n The problem for Severino? The A\u2019s might call Sacramento home for a while.<\/p>\n Luis Severino has allowed at least five earned runs in five of his 10 starts at Sutter Health Park. (Dennis Lee \/ Imagn Images)<\/p>\n The club had a stadium groundbreaking ceremony Monday in Las Vegas, and MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that \u201cwe\u2019re glad that we\u2019ll have a team here in \u201928.\u201d<\/p>\n Kotsay added that he believes Severino\u2019s frustration with Sutter Health Park \u201ccomes from when you don\u2019t have success.\u201d Severino is 0-7 with a 6.79 ERA in 10 starts at home. On the road, he\u2019s 2-2 with a 3.23 ERA in eight starts. He gave up six earned runs in 3 2\/3 innings Sunday on three strikeouts, three walks and five hits, including a home run to Jazz Chisholm Jr. and a two-run shot to Judge.<\/p>\n \u201cFor Sevy,\u201d Kotsay said, \u201che can talk about it, but I think at the end of the day, when he\u2019s asked by the players and by his teammates, he understands our situation. He\u2019s not looking to make excuses about performance. You have to just pitch better.\u201d<\/p>\n Severino was also the victim of defensive lapses Sunday, including a popup that fell for a hit due to miscommunication, a dropped fly ball and a ball that bounced under the glove of center fielder Denzel Clarke, guaranteeing a bases-clearing triple for Chisholm in the third inning.<\/p>\n \u201cAt this level,\u201d Kotsay said, \u201cthose plays should be made.\u201d<\/p>\n But Severino also said that worries that he was tipping pitches when the Detroit Tigers rocked him for seven runs in his previous outing leaked into his performance Sunday.<\/p>\n He said that he tried to correct possible pitch tipping in a bullpen session at Yankee Stadium on Friday afternoon. During the session, someone from the A\u2019s placed a towel over the bullpen camera \u2014 presumably so that the Yankees couldn\u2019t use it to watch Severino work. The feed from the visiting bullpen camera is displayed in the Yankees\u2019 dugout, along with a feed from the home bullpen. The Yankees surely can watch the feed elsewhere, too.<\/p>\n \u201cToday, if you see the last game compared to (this) one, I changed my mechanics,\u201d Severino said. \u201cI changed my glove positioning because I feel I was not having rhythm. I was thinking too much about the tipping thing.\u201d<\/p>\n He didn\u2019t lie about how he\u2019s been pitching lately, either.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not been the best stretch,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel I was very good on the road and then the last two starts have not been very good. Just need to figure it out.\u201d<\/p>\n (Top photo: Jim McIsaac \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK \u2014 Athletics starting pitcher Luis Severino doesn\u2019t worry about speaking his mind. 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