After a couple weeks of rumors connecting the two, the Mets made a Christmas Eve splash by signing Dellin Betances. The former Yankee has a long track record as an elite late-inning arm, but also a couple of worrying injuries that kept him off the field for almost all of 2019. It’s a scary deal on its surface - one that merits plenty of self-deprecating humor about the Mets and various players playing through injury - but a deeper dive shows just how much sense this addition makes.
When healthy, Betances is arguably one of the best relief pitchers of all time.