We all remember the comment Brodie Van Wagenen made over the offseason when he proudly declared that he had built the “deepest starting rotation in baseball” after signing both Michael Wacha and Rick Porcello to the Mets’ pitching staff. The statement turned out to be not only laughably untrue, as the Mets’ starting pitching ERA ranked among the worst in the majors this year, but it was 2020’s version of “come get us,” a bold statement that has turned out to be a point of mockery for the Mets’ GM.
The 2020 Mets were a lesson in the importance of starting pitching depth
