As a cadre of Yankees greats were being introduced — Bernie Williams, Andy Pettitte, Derek Jeter and so forth — Luis Severino casually jogged in the outfield, occasionally glancing toward the ceremony taking place in front of the pitcher’s mound, which would soon become his stage for the afternoon.
Like those former players, whose plaques are or will soon be displayed in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium, Severino was signed by the Yankees as a teenager and rose through the minors as a highly heralded prospect.
Severino has hundreds of games to go before he would even be considered to receive the pomp that greeted Jorge Posada on Saturday, when the Yankees retired his number.