To say the Mets’ bullpen was bad last season is an understatement. According to Baseball-Reference, they were second worst in the league in allowing inherited runners to score and sixth worst in runs allowed per game. Injuries to A.J. Ramos and Anthony Swarzak kept both out for much of the season, Jerry Blevins had a down year, and the trade of Jeurys Familia contributed to those struggles, leaving a group of young arms trying to figure it out at the major league level. Robert Gsellman and Seth Lugo were the two lone standouts that offered some stability coming out of the pen.
Edwin Diaz enters 2019 as one of the best closers in the game
