Apparently, the Mets are now a team you go to when you want to win. So says David Robertson, who the Mets inked to a one-year, $10 million deal shortly after the winter meetings. Makes Met fans feel an awful lot like Paul Rudd, wondering aloud “who woulda thought?” Sure feels nice when intense competitors with sterling reputations in the game are eager to join the Mets instead of running for the hills.
For the majority of the 2010s, Robertson was legitimately one of the best bullpen arms in baseball, posting the best performance among major league relievers outside of the elite trio of Craig Kimbrel, Kenley Jansen, and Aroldis Chapman.