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by Frayed Knot » Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:16 pm
And while it's certainly possible that Ottavino could be dropped between now and Sept 1 as pitchers return, the idea that such a move will be some kind of addition by subtraction is less true than some NYM fans imagine.
Today's game was Otta's 177th as a Met. And while his ERA for 2024 hovers around 4.25, much of that is due to a 9.28 in May when (let's face it) everyone sucked.
In the other months he recorded a 1.69, 3.18, 3.86, and (so far in August) 0.00
Looked at via a longer lens, in those 177 appearances as a Met, A.O. carries a 3.06 ERA. Wanna know who has a higher ERA among NYM relievers of note?
No? Well I'm gonna tell you anyway: John Franco, Roger McDowell, Tug McGraw, Jeurys Familia, Edwin Diaz, Pedro Feliciano, Turn Wendell, Seth Lugo, and Neil Allen
Now those are different pitchers with different roles in different times and I'm not pushing the idea the one stat, ERA in this case, is the definitive measure of pitcher effectiveness, so if you/they got somebody better then I'm willing to listen. But let's not pretend that they'd be taking out the trash by getting rid of him.
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