Mets pitching coach Dave Eiland will keep pushing hard his second year on the job. You can be sure of that.
Jacob deGrom’s stirring Cy Young season and 1.70 ERA, the overall improvement of the staff, especially the second half by Zack Wheeler (9-1, 1.68 ERA), Noah Syndergaard’s strong September (4-1, 1.73) and Steven Matz reaching 30 starts for the first time, all make Eiland proud of the strides made by his core starters in 2018.
The tough-minded Eiland is going to want more in 2019 after Mets starters posted the sixth-best ERA in the majors at 3.