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Jeurys Familia will pitch for the Mets in 2021—whether he should or not

Jeurys Familia lowered his ERA by nearly two runs in 2020 from the previous season. Devoid of any context, that mark would stand as stupendously impressive, especially from one of the greatest relievers in franchise history. Unfortunately for Familia, other statistical measurements exist, and most of them show that his 2020 season was just about as bad as his 2019 season.

Despite his thoroughly pedestrian 3.71 ERA, Familia posted career lows in FIP and xFIP and produced -0.1 fWAR for the Mets in 2020. He also struck out less than 20% of the batters he faced for the first time since 2013 and walked an astounding 15.