PHILADELPHIA — Would you like a humbling statistic to choke down with your corn flakes and your English muffin? Try this one on for size. Remember how much Jason Vargas made you, Mets fans, want to poke pencils in your eyes in 2018 every time he served up an array of tasty meatballs?
Jason Vargas’ ERA in 2018 was 5.77.
That isn’t the number that’ll make your gizzard rumble, however.
This is: The Mets’ starting rotation, which remains (in theory) both the spiritual and physical foundation of the club, and remains the engine for everything the team hopes to accomplish this year?