Coming off a pair of years that went very poorly for their bullpen, the Mets made an effort to address a glaring weakness over this offseason. The revamp was headlined by the trade for Edwin Diaz—and second baseman Robinson Cano—and the signings of Jeurys Familia and Justin Wilson.
Last year, Mets relievers combined for a 4.96 ERA, the third-worst mark in all of baseball, and the year before that, they had a 4.82 ERA that ranked second-worst. But the good news regarding those performances is that the Mets have moved on from several of the pitchers who pitched a significant percentage of those innings—and pitched poorly.