Heading into the 2021 season, there’s no doubt that Aaron Loup is the top left-handed reliever on the Mets’ depth chart. If the team goes with more than one lefty in its Opening Day bullpen, though, there are several options of camp, and Tom Windle is one of them.
Drafted by the Dodgers in the second round in 2013, Windle started his professional career as a starting pitcher. After posting a 2.68 ERA in 53.2 innings in Single-A that year, he had a 4.26 ERA in 139.1 innings at High-A in 2014. Following that season, the Dodgers sent Windle and fellow pitcher Zach Eflin to the Phillies in exchange for former Mets nemesis Jimmy Rollins.