MIAMI Luis Severino wont be facing the Yankees in the upcoming Subway Series, so he delivered high heat against his former team on Friday instead. The Mets right-hander, who also at Citi Field after manager Carlos Mendoza reconfigured the rotation to start two lefties, said hes on a group chat in which many of his former teammates from The Bronx to face the Yankees. Severinos comeback? Im not afraid of those guys. Right now you only have two good hitters, Severino said, referring to Aaron Judge and Juan Soto. Its always a friendly competition. Luis Severino addre ses reporters before the Mets faced the Marlins on Friday. Screengrab via X/@SNY_Mets Jose Quintana and Sean Manaea are scheduled to face the Yankees, again giving the Mets two lefty starters for the Subway Series. Quintana was originally supposed to face the Marlins on Sunday but is sick, according to Mendoza, so Christian Scott and David Peterson will each move up a day and pitch Sunday and Monday. So e sentially Mendoza is replacing the lefty Peterson with the lefty Quintana for the Subway Series. For some reason the Yankees are not too good against lefties this year, Severino said. You only have to walk Judge Ryan Walker Jersey and after that it will be better. But I understand the logic of lefties because you know Soto hits lefty, [Alex] Verdugo hits lefty and Judge is the only right-hander that hits lefties, so I understand the logic. Explore More Severino last pitched on July 10 against the Nationals. He said as soon as that start was complete he began lobbying for the start on Friday, the Mets first game following the All-Star break because it would allow him to return five days later for the Subway Series. But the a signment instead went to Manaea, who pitched five shutout innings against the Yankees last month at Citi Field. For us, for me at least, we need to get better and hopefully were facing them in the World Series, said Severino, who spent nine years with the Yankees before worth $13 million. Luis Severino wont get to face the Yankees during the next Subway Series games. Charles Wenzelberg Severino has been a workhorse with the Mets, leading the team with 109 / innings pitched. Overall, he is 6-3 with a 3.78 ERA in 18 starts this season. Before his team opened their four-game series against the Marlins, the right-hander recalled how badly the Mets were playing in May during their last visit to loanDepot park. Luis Severino, pictured last season, started his MLB career with the Yankees. Robert Sabo for the NY Post Delivering insights on all things Amazins Sign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+ Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! But the Mets closed the first half with a 27-13 record that had placed them a half-game ahead for the NLs third wild-card spot as play began. The last time we were here the team was real different from what we are right now, Severino said. I feel right now we have a shot to be in the playoffs. We are hopefully soon going to have [Kodai] Senga come back, that will be huge for us, and well see what happens. Senga is scheduled to pitch Saturday for Triple-A Syracuse in what will likely be his final minor league rehab appearance before hes activated from the injured list. Luis Severino has collected a 3.78 ERA acro s 18 starts for the Mets this season. Charles Wenzelberg Severino was asked what the Japanese right-hander will mean to the Mets. We are going to trade for an ace [to start] the second half, Severino said. Its amazing, having him in the front of the rotation I think its going to be great. Mason Black Jersey