Fansided · Apr 26, 2016
Mets’ pitching staff’s value lies more in efficiency than power
Mets are stacked with power pitchers, but command is the ultimate key
It’s easy to get wrapped up and awestruck by how the Mets pitchers can light up the radar gun. The Mets’ pitching staff is one of veteran leadership mixed with almost unlimited potential. But there’s one thing that isn’t as obvious, but a big contributor to the value of this pitching staff and its success last year and the start of 2016.
They don’t walk anybody. Well not anybody, but you get the point. Their command of the strike zone is arguably the best in the league and Mets pitchers don’t fool around when they’re ahead in the count.