After inking a one-year, $3 million deal to stay with the Mets in 2017, it seemed as if Fernando Salas would be a stabilizing force in a bullpen that would be missing Jeurys Familia at the start of the season. Salas was outstanding down the stretch for the Mets in 2016, with a 2.08 ERA with 19 strikeouts over 17 and a third innings—one of the better stretches of his career, albeit in a small sample size. Unfortunately, his second stint with the Mets was nowhere near as successful and resulted in him being designated for assignment.
2017 Mets Season Review: Fernando Salas couldn’t reproduce his 2016 success
