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Sports Illustrated
By Jennifer Piacenti Let’s start the week with an over play tonight! The Yankees head to Angel Stadium tonight, and the game total is set at eight runs. I’ve got a lot of reasons to like the over even though both offenses are missing key players, so let’s start with reason number one: Luis Severino. Since returning from the IL, Severino has not looked sharp. Across 42 innings pitched this season, he has an ERA of 7.35, and Statcast says his xERA is 7.01. Across his two starts in July, Severino has an ERA of 18.90. No, that’s not a typo. He has allowed 14 earned runs across 6⅔ innings pitched i…