The New York Mets failed to qualify for the 2020 postseason after a disastrous year that included long and short-term injuries, opt-outs, underperformances and plain bad luck. The most problematic area was always the pitching, especially the rotation.
Last winter, when the New York Mets were assembling their team, they signed Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello to one-year pacts, and they had six starters with proven MLB success track record: Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Marcus Stroman, Steven Matz and the two newcomers.
But then Syndergaard was lost to Tommy John surgery, Matz was very bad when healthy and also had injury issues, and even deGrom had to deal with physical issues at some point.