Is Tyler Wells a long term answer in the starting rotation? that's the question was have to ask ourselves and while the 3.71 ERA through his first 10 starts this year is pretty good, let's look at the numbers a little closer and see if it's done with mirrors or sustainable success.
The first thing we have to remember is that Wells is almost 28 years old (August). I know we all think of him as being so young because he was rookie last year and a rule 5 pick, but Wells is older than Zimmerman
His 3.18 ERA ranks 19th among pitchers in MLB with at least 90 IP.
There’s only 32 pitchers in all of MLB that even currently qualify for an ERA title.
Suarez is a dude we take for granted, kick out the rotation, but might finish top 10 in CYA.
If anything I’d really like to see a return to that ultra patient plate approach they had a few weeks ago. Drive up these lefty starters pitch counts and get to the Mets bullpen.
Seems like they’ve strayed from that a little bit.
We have SP options in Povich, McDermott, and Young. It’s just that we’ve had to tap into them a little sooner than we probably wanted to because of the injuries.
Thanks for sharing.
It seems pretty much on par with most of the rerank mid season lists. Maybe not a complete overhaul. The good news is that Holliday, Wood, and Caminero, will graduate soon, so Basallo, and Mayo, would tick up 3 spots.
Basallo still has a month to go on a heater and take the #1 overall spot IMO.
Although most of the other stats were awful, Selby did notch 30 Ks in 24 innings for the Pirates in 2023 and we have been short on strike 'em-out relievers.
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