It’s easy for Mets fans to forget, but Paul Sewald was seen as a potentially useful asset not too long ago. After he posted a 1.75 ERA in 51.1 innings of relief at Double-A Binghamton in 2015 and followed that up with a 3.29 ERA and 10.96 K/9 in the extremely hitter-friendly PCL in 2016, Sewald was viewed an interesting relief prospect going into the 2017 season. So interesting, in fact, that FanGraphs listed him as the Mets’ 20th-best prospect for that year.
Sewald made it to the big leagues early on in that 2017 season and impressed right out of the gate, posting a 2.