Fansided · Nov 4, 2025
3 rebound relievers the NY Mets should take a chance on based on Stuff+
Aug 17, 2025; St. Louis, Missouri, USA; New York Yankees relief pitcher Devin Williams (38) pitches against the St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth inning at Busch Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Curry-Imagn Images | Jeff Curry-Imagn ImagesRelievers in MLB are the most volatile position on the diamond. It's easy for a good reliever to have a bad season, given the small sample size of innings they typically throw each year. No reliever in the last 15 seasons has pitched 100 innings out of the bullpen, so conventional methods of evaluating pitchers aren't effective. A stat like Stuff+ is very valuable when looking at a reliever, given it focuses on their abilities, rather than the results. It is also a stat that the New York Mets' front office seems to holds in high regard. The Mets need relievers, with a shallow depth chart, and All-Star closer Edwin Diaz is likely to opt out of his current deal and test free agency. To help alleviate their need for relievers, they should go out and sign some hurlers whose value is currently lower, but still have great stuff per Stuff+.