Despite the fact that neither Noah Syndergaard nor Carlos Carrasco threw a single inning in the first half of the 2021 season and the Mets have had to patch things together with the back half of their rotation time and time again, much of the reason the Mets went into the All-Star Break in first place in the National League East was because of their pitching. The Mets had a top five pitching staff in baseball in the first half by pretty much any measure. Their 3.43 staff ERA was fourth in baseball in the first half.