Mets Continue To Do More With Less As Starting Rotation Flourishes
The post Mets Continue To Do More With Less As Starting Rotation Flourishes appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. New York Mets’ Kodai Senga pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado … More Rockies Saturday, May 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The prevailing narrative is that the New York Mets, led by owner Steve Cohen, are successful because they are a financial behemoth. And yes, they do have the largest payroll in baseball, and they did steal Juan Soto from the crosstown rival Yankees for a satchel full of money last offseason. But it’s been a whole lot more than dollars that has propelled the Mets to the 2024 NLCS and first place in the NL East thus far this season. The overperformance of their relatively inexpensive starting rotation has played a pivotal role as well. Since the departure of Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander by the 2023 trading deadline the Mets have taken a different approach to assembling a rotation. Their Plan A has often not quite worked out, primarily due to injury, but they have scrambled to formulate successful backup plans. In 2024, Luis Severino and Sean Manaea were their best starters in terms of both quantity and quality. Behind them Jose Quintana gave them bulk, while Tylor Megill and David Peterson showed flashes of excellence in smaller samples. Adrian Houser also got plenty of run, with far less success. They decided to forego the flash and big dollars at the top of the offseason free agent market, largely running it back, with Frankie Montas slated to replace Severino, who found greener financial pastures with the Athletics. Montas signed for two years, $34 million, Manaea re-signed for three years, $75 million, while Quintana left to join the Brewers. Sure, that’s a hefty investment in starting pitching, but it’s…
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New York Mets’ Kodai Senga pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the Colorado … More Rockies Saturday, May 31, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. The prevailing narrative is that the New York Mets, led by owner Steve Cohen, are successful because they are a financial behemoth. And yes, they do have the largest payroll in baseball, and they did steal Juan Soto from the crosstown rival Yankees for a satchel full of money last offseason. But it’s been a whole lot more than dollars that has propelled the Mets to the 2024 NLCS and first place in the NL East thus far this season. The overperformance of their relatively inexpensive starting rotation has played a pivotal role as well. Since the departure of Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander by the 2023 trading deadline the Mets have taken a different approach to assembling a rotation. Their Plan A has often not quite worked out, primarily due to injury, but they have scrambled to formulate successful backup plans. In 2024, Luis Severino and Sean Manaea were their best starters in terms of both quantity and quality. Behind them Jose Quintana gave them bulk, while Tylor Megill and David Peterson showed flashes of excellence in smaller samples. Adrian Houser also got plenty of run, with far less success. They decided to forego the flash and big dollars at the top of the offseason free agent market, largely running it back, with Frankie Montas slated to replace Severino, who found greener financial pastures with the Athletics. Montas signed for two years, $34 million, Manaea re-signed for three years, $75 million, while Quintana left to join the Brewers. Sure, that’s a hefty investment in starting pitching, but it’s…
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