Mets Fan Cutouts Player Walk-Up Music Playlist Amazin’ Activities Club Mets Mr. Met's Kids Club Mets Insider - Register Now Amazin' Memorabilia Social Media … Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify, Blue Rush: A NY Giants Podcast Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify, © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved A healthy year from these four ensured we saw a lot less of Walker Lockett. While the Mets seem to have largely built out their 2019 pitching staff, there’s still some potential offseason work to be done. Ideally, the designated hitter would remain in the NL, allowing Cano to see occasional action from that spot, with McNeil receiving more reps at second base. Your California Privacy Rights Those two will return to anchor the 2019 staff alongside Wheeler and Syndergaard, whose recent health history is not as strong, and Vargas, who rebounded from a poor first half to serve as an effective back-end starter after the All-Star break. Runs resulting from defensive errors (including pitchers' defensive errors) are recorded as unearned runs and are not used to determine ERA.

Much was made about his meeting with the front office to discuss his results throwing to Wilson Ramos. Every pitcher's name links to their career statistics. Innings from your starting pitchers matter. Let’s find the Mets a starting pitcher, Part 1.

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Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg are clearly the top options on the market.

While Lugo is a fine sixth starter on paper, posting a 4.06 ERA in 31 career starts, the Mets have made it clear that they value him more as a setup man -- and don't exactly have the bullpen depth required to remove him from that role. The DH also factors into how the Mets proceed with first base, as Dominic Smith has demonstrated he’s worthy of the position full-time.

Reportedly he’s very likely to turn that down, but he has until November 14 to make his decision final.

In a best-case scenario, Syndergaard would probably resume pitching by June.

Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on New York Mets and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. Michael Conforto remains under club control through only next season, leaving the Mets to mull a potential contract extension that would keep him as a cornerstone in the lineup. Put another way, an ace of Jacob deGrom’s stature is worthy of an elite batterymate.

Take a look at the standings. His five-year, $137.5 million extension from last spring looks great after the Gerrit Cole deal.

Email: toscanoj@northjersey.com Twitter: @justinctoscano. As a result, the team made starting pitching depth What about the rest of the rotation? George Springer will be a free agent and could be the best available option to fill two needs for the Mets: a true center fielder and right-handed bat for the outfield. Probable Pitchers represent the expected starting pitchers for each team over the next 7 days. While there is no reason to believe deGrom, 30, is due for a major drop-off in 2019, he is coming off such a historic season that it would be almost impossible for him -- or anyone -- to repeat it. In our pitching charts section you can click daily updated charts that include the Top 1,000 Winningest Pitchers, the Top 1,000 Strikeout Pitchers, the Top 1,000 Save Leaders, and many more pitching charts.

Wilson Ramos’ lack of agility was a significant issue that couldn’t be obscured by his bat, as he struggled offensively. But after agreeing with Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello — deals that are not yet official — the Mets have given themselves options. Knowing all of that, the Mets should be aiming high in their efforts to bolster the rotation, not merely trying to find someone to play the role of “fifth starter.” Wheeler was merely decent this year, finishing the season with a 3.96 ERA that ranked 34th out of 58 qualified starting pitchers, but he threw 195.1 innings over the course of 31 starts. SP Jacob deGrom , SP Steven Matz , SP Noah Syndergaard , SP Jason Vargas , SP Zack Wheeler , RP Luis Avilan , RP Tyler Bashlor , RP Jeurys Familia , RP Robert Gsellman , RP Seth Lugo , RP Justin Wilson , CL Edwin Diaz . The bottom line

RICK PORCELLO:What to know about new NY Mets pitcher and Chester NJ native. Listen on Apple Podcasts | Spotify, Amazin' But True: A NY Mets Podcast We know Syndergaard and Wheeler have the stuff to be among the best in the league. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images). We’ll draw an arbitrary line here and be back soon, continuing on down the list of the Mets’ options. Justin Toscano is the Mets beat writer for NorthJersey.com. Although the results of these extra innings didn’t pay off with a postseason appearance, there’s a lesson to learn. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. Porcello, who is from Chester, New Jersey, is in agreement with the Mets on a one-year deal. When it's finalized, the Mets feel they have a durable guy who can perhaps return to his better days.

First up: starting pitchers.Projected starters: Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler, Steven Matz, Jason Vargas If not any of those three, it might be Stephen Gonsalves, claimed off waivers from the Twins yesterday, or Corey Oswalt. The key for Brodie Van Wagenen or a general manager-to-be-named-later in the event of a front office overhaul following a likely ownership change – Steve Cohen must still be approved by the MLB owners – will be spending the newfound dollars of a hedge-fund billionaire wisely while making a shrewd trade or two.

Mets Exit Interview: Amed Rosario showed us more promise in 2019. Offered a chance to start every fifth day down the stretch, Oswalt produced a 3.07 ERA in four outings.Two pieces the Mets added this winter are Dowdy, a hard-throwing Rule 5 Draft pick, and Santiago, a soft-tossing veteran who served mostly as a reliever with the White Sox last season.

The team has several areas of need, but let’s start with a glaringly obvious one: starting pitching. Smith, McNeil and Brandon Nimmo could figure into the left field mix, but all three are left-handed hitters, raising the possibility one will be traded. So too has the health of those starters. It’s a big reason why the team finished where it did. J.T. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. He was inconsistent in 2019, but still logged a career high in innings pitched (160 1/3). It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most … Mets: How will Marcus Stroman fare in his first full season in New York? A big reason why the Mets finished where they did is because they didn’t have to go to minor league starters all too often. But health has been a major issue for this bunch in past seasons, and the Mets have done little to insure themselves against a major injury.

The Mets hold an option on Ramos for next season. But make no mistake, he has the raw ability to return to form and become an All-Star again. Mets Top 5 Strangest Stories from Flushing, Mets: Rekindling a relationship with stolen bases in 2020, Top Winners and Losers After Europa League 2019 Matchday 3 Results, Mets History: The lone 2000 World Series victory in Game 3, Top 25 Super Bowl Performances of All Time, Each NHL Team's Most Likely Future Hall of Famer, 30 Greatest Teams in Premier League History, 28 most memorable buzzer beaters in March Madness history.

So let’s run down some of the top options on the market, sorting by ERA among pitchers who threw at least 100 innings in 2019. Wheeler in particular excelled down the stretch, going 10-1 with a 1.96 ERA over his last 12 outings.Rounding out the rotation is Vargas, who rebounded from injuries, an inconsistent schedule and a dreadful first three months of the season to go 5-3 with a 3.81 ERA after the All-Star break -- the exact kind of production the Mets envisioned when they signed him to a two-year, $16 million deal last February. He's coming off back-to-back Cy Young seasons. Steven Matz had an abysmal season, but his trade value is low. Matz, while a lesser pitcher, still fills out nicely as a back-of-the-rotation arm. The inability of Syndergaard, Wheeler, Matz and Matt Harvey to stay healthy has largely prevented the Mets from making good on their rotation potential, except in short bursts.That changed in 2018, when deGrom and Matz set career highs in starts and innings, at least temporarily setting aside concerns about the rotation. Mets depth charts updated daily with projections. The Mets need to add at least two starters, as it remains unlikely Noah Syndergaard will return from Tommy John surgery rehab to start the season. Where what happened yesterday is being preserved today. Prospects to watch

Realmuto will be the top free agent on the market this offseason, and while there might be hesitation to hurl a fortune toward a 31-year-old catcher, the Mets certainly need the upgrade. For most of the last decade, the Mets' starting pitching has defined them as a team. Terms of Use He had a 1.97 ERA in 2018 but threw only 82.1 innings, and he’s only gotten above 150 innings in a single season three times in his major league career, which started in 2013. Matz, meanwhile, tossed 160.1 innings.

He’s been excellent when healthy, but there’s plenty of risk with him, too.