Although the Mets’ pitching has been far from perfect, it has performed remarkably well given the fact that the Mets have essentially had to forge a wooden raft rotation over the past week-plus of games. The emergency flotation device has some leaks, to be sure, but it has stayed afloat and kept the Mets alive during a time when they have two actual starting pitchers.
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I said when I wrote last week’s meter that the Mets were relying on Marcus Stroman to have a bounce back outing this week.