Baseball Prospectus published its 2019 PECOTA Projections on Thursday, giving Mets fans something to feel good about. BP has the rosiest take so far on the 2019 club, pegging them at 89 wins and a tie with the Nationals for first place in the NL East.
PECOTA sees improvements on both sides of the ball, with the 2019 Mets allowing just 630 runs (second in MLB to the Indians), compared to 2018’s 707, and scoring 699, up from 676.
On the pitching side, PECOTA sees another dominant season from Jacob deGrom, whose projected 2.