The Mets rotation was supposed to be their big weakness. That’s what we were told. Or rather, that’s what we told you.
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It feels like we got it this all wrong. Through 30 games, the Mets’ rotation, with their two highest-paid starters out, and with little name recognition and mostly limited résumés remaining, leads MLB with a 2.27 ERA. That’s not just good, it’s crazy good. It’s also a whole run better than the second-best mark in the National League (Cincinnati’s is 3.32).
Even they know this isn’t sustainable through 162 games. Even they didn’t envision this. But they also didn’t see a potential disaster looming. Even after Sean Manaea and Frankie Montas (and Paul Blackburn, too), all went out in spring, they thought they’d be OK. Not this OK, maybe. But good enough.
