As has been the case for the past few years, we’re ready to begin a rundown of the free agent relief pitchers who could help the Mets, a team in desperate need of bullpen upgrades. Brodie Van Wagenen’s front office acknowledged that need with the Mets’ trade for relief pitcher extraordinaire Edwin Diaz—along with second baseman Robinson Cano. But as good as he is, Diaz alone is not enough for the Mets to head into the 2019 season with a good bullpen.
There are, as always, plenty of relievers out there in free agency, and we’ll run down the list using the very handy free agent leaderboards over at FanGraphs—filtering for pitchers who threw at least 20 innings in relief in 2018—and running down the list by strikeouts percentage.