Invoice Kostroun, AP (2), Gordon Donovan
The tip of the street stays ironclad. However the path there has grown treacherous.
The Mets bullpen’s journey to nearer Edwin Diaz — and the close to certainty, today, of a soon-to-be secured win — has been full of nightly uncertainty.
Take Tuesday night time’s 4-2 loss to the Yankees. Joely Rodriguez was introduced in for the seventh inning in a 2-2 recreation. He promptly gave up a run on three hits, exiting whereas leaving inherited runners for Adam Ottavino, who allowed yet one more to attain for an in the end insurmountable deficit.
Rodriguez’s repeated meltdowns have change into notable. The 30-year-old, who owns a 5.11 ERA and -0.4 WAR in 42 appearances this season, is the one lefty within the bullpen, a unit basic supervisor Billy Eppler and the Mets opted to not considerably reinforce on the commerce deadline.
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