Ahead of their 101-win season in 2022, the Mets signed Adam Ottavino to a one-year deal, a relatively low-risk move that didn’t necessarily look like it would have a significant impact on the team. At the time, Ottavino had come off a 2021 season that saw him finish with a 4.21 ERA that gave him a cumulative 4.59 ERA between that season and the pandemic-shortened one in 2020. He had really good seasons to his name—his 1.90 ERA with the Yankees in 2019 being one of the very best—but was heading into his age-36 season in his first year with the Mets.
Adam Ottavino’s 2023 season wasn’t as good as his 2022 season
