If the name “Chris Flexen” wasn’t on your radar until last spring, I can’t say I blame you.
Once a top-10 prospect in the Mets’ system, he steadily climbed the minor league ranks and reached the Majors for the first time in 2017, just a few weeks after his 22nd birthday. His debut could have gone better, walking four and allowing three runs in a three-inning start, but considering he was a 14th-round pick out of high school in 2012, him being here at all was remarkable.
Unfortunately, making it to the Majors at all may have been the highlight of his Mets career.