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Luis Severino aims to fix pitch tipping ahead of first Mets season

NEW YORK -- Luis Severino worried about whether he was tipping batters to his fastball and changeup last season, a flaw the 29-year-old right-hander hopes to correct before he reports to the New York Mets for spring training.

"There's a lot of things that I think I was doing wrong. I always have problems with ... tipping and stuff like that," Severino said Wednesday during a news conference the Mets held on Zoom to discuss his $13 million, one-year contract. "I think I need to address that now so when I go on the mound when the season starts, I just need to focus on pitching and forget about (whether) my glove is too high or too low.