By the time last year’s trade deadline rolled around, the Mets starting pitching was, in a word, dire. Jacob deGrom was done for the season—though we didn’t know it yet—Carlos Carrasco had yet to return from a hamstring tear that he suffered in spring training, and basically every depth starter the Mets had, from David Peterson and Joey Lucchesi all the way down to Corey Oswalt and Robert Stock, had also gotten hurt. By the final week of July, the Mets had already given three starts to Jerad Eickhoff, which was about two more than anyone needed to determine that he was not a major league quality starter.
Trevor Williams is likely suited for long relief in 2022
